Anti abcc1 antibodies and uses thereof

ABSTRACT

Provided are antibodies that target the cellular efflux pump ABCC1. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, cells, and kits that include or encode such antibodies. Methods of using the antibodies for detecting presence or absence of ABCC1 expression in cells, e.g., tumor cells, Level of ABCC1 expression, and/or inhibiting ABCC1 function are also disclosed. Also provided are methods for treating a subject for a cancer that include administering to the subject an anti-ABCC1 antibody disclosed herein. The subject antibody may be a bispecific antibody. The bispecific antibody may bind to ABCC1 and a tumor associated antigen (TAA).

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit of priority to U.S. ProvisionalPatent Application No. 63/073,826 filed on Sep. 2, 2020, whichapplication is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

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A Sequence Listing is provided herewith as a text file, “KNJY-006WO SEQLIST_ST25.txt,” created on Aug. 24, 2021 and having a size of 151 KB.The contents of the text file are incorporated by reference herein intheir entirety.

INTRODUCTION

Drug resistance, a well-known phenomenon that results when diseasesbecome tolerant to pharmaceutical treatments, is a major and increasingchallenge in various fields of medicine, including oncology. Althoughmany types of cancers are initially susceptible to chemotherapy, overtime they can develop resistance through these and other mechanisms,including DNA mutations and metabolic changes that promote druginhibition, degradation and enhanced efflux.

Efflux pumps (EP) are proteins expressed by living cells and haveevolved to naturally expel various compounds from the cells. Members ofthe ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter family proteins are examplesof EPs that enable drug efflux. Though a transporter's structure variesfrom protein to protein (e.g., there are 49 known members of the ABCfamily in humans), they are all classified by the presence of twodistinct domains—a highly conserved nucleotide binding domain and a morevariable transmembrane domain. Multidrug resistance protein 1 (MDR1),encoded by the ATP Binding Cassette Subfamily B Member 1 (ABCB1) gene,was the first of these to be identified and has been studiedextensively. ATP Binding Cassette Subfamily C Member 1 (ABCC1)expression is increased in response to treatment with certainchemotherapeutics.

EPs enable tumors to develop resistance to chemotherapeutic agents. Suchresistance is frequently associated with enhanced efflux of thechemotherapeutic agent from the drug resistant cells. This chemotherapyresistance is termed multi drug resistance (MDR) when it applies to morethan one chemotherapeutic agent.

As such there is a need to develop reagents that may be used forassaying for expression of EPs and/or inhibiting EPs.

SUMMARY

Provided are antibodies that target the cellular efflux pump ATP BindingCassette Subfamily C Member 1 (ABCC1). Also provided are pharmaceuticalcompositions, nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, cells, andkits that include or encode such antibodies. Methods of using theantibodies for detecting presence or absence of ABCC1 expression incells, e.g., tumor cells, level of ABCC1 expression, and/or inhibitingABCC1 function are also disclosed. Also provided are methods fortreating a subject for a cancer that include administering to thesubject an anti-ABCC1 antibody disclosed herein.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1 depicts the results of titration binding of the indicatedanti-ABCC1 monoclonal antibodies to the doxorubic n-resistant lungcarcinoma cell line H69AR (ATCC® CRL-11351) that endogenously expressesABCC1. H69AR (ATCC CRL-11351) was established from NCI-H69 cells thatwere grown in the presence of increasing concentrations of Adriamycin(doxorubicin) over a total of 14 months.

FIGS. 2A-2B depict the results of titration binding of the indicatedanti-ABCC1 monoclonal antibodies to human and cynomolgusABCC1-overexpressing rat C6 glioma cell lines.

FIGS. 3A-3C, 4, 5A-5B, and 6A-6B show the results of titration bindingof further anti-ABCC1 monocional antibodies to human and cynomolgusABCC1-overexpressing rat C6 glioma cell lines. “2^(nd) Ab only” refersto not adding a primary antibody before binding with secondary antibody(i.e., 2^(nd) Ab) to provide a negative control.

FIGS. 7A-7B show the results of ABCC1 efflux assay performed usingHEK293T cells expressing human ABCC1.

FIGS. 8A-8C present titration binding and efflux assay characterizationof humanized anti-ABCC1 monoclonal antibodies.

FIGS. 9A-9C show the binding of humanized anti-ABCC1 monoclonalantibodies to human and cynomolgus ABCC1 overexpressing rat C6 gliomacell lines.

FIGS. 10A-10B show the binding of various humanized C1.851 anti-ABCC1antibodies to human and cynomolgus ABCC1 overexpressing rat C6 gliomacell lines.

FIGS. 11A-11C present the binding of four humanized C1/KT9 bispecificantibodies to human and cynomolgus C6 cell lines, overexpressing ABCC1and KT9, respectively. The schematic bispecific antibody structure isalso shown. KT9 stands for atezolizumab, an anti-PD-L1 monoclonalantibody. The bispecific antibodies include the heavy and light chainsfrom the indicated ABCC1 antibodies and a scFv region formed from theKT9 antibody.

FIGS. 12A-12C present the binding of four humanized C1/KT1 bispecificantibodies to 293T cells expressing human ABCC1 and 293T cellsexpressing human or cynomolgus KT1, respectively. KT1 stands fortrastuzumab, an anti-ErbB2 (anti-HER2) monoclonal antibody. Thebispecific antibodies include the heavy and light chains from theindicated anti-ABCC1 antibodies and a scFv region formed from the KT1antibody.

FIGS. 13A-13B, 14A-14B, and 15 show the effect of the tested anti-ABCC1monoclonal antibodies on vincristine cytotoxicity in the 293Tcytotoxicity assay.

FIG. 16 shows that the three anti-ABCC1 monoclonal antibodies testedinhibit tumor growth in vivo in the H69AR cytotoxicity assay. The assayevaluates the effect of the tested antibodies on Adriamycin cytotoxicityon the H69AR cell line, which is an Adriamycin-selected, C1-positivevariant of the human small cell lung cancer cell line, NCI-H69. Tumorformed from H69AR cell line is resistant to Adriamycin (Doxorubicin).All three of the anti-ABCC1 monoclonal antibodies tested sensitized thetumor to Adriamycin.

FIG. 17 shows that anti-ABCC1 monoclonal antibodies C1-831 and C1-737Ainhibit tumor growth in vivo in the CT26 syngeneic mouse tumor model.The inhibition of tumor growth by these antibodies Is enhanced bydoxorubicin.

DEFINITIONS

The terms “antibody” and “immunoglobulin” include antibodies orimmunoglobulins of any isotype, fragments of antibodies which retainspecific binding to antigen, including, but not limited to, Fab, Fv,scFv, Fd, Fab′, Fv, F(ab′)₂, chimeric antibodies, humanized antibodies,monoclonal antibodies, single-chain antibodies, including antibodiescomprising only heavy chains (e.g. VHH camelid antibodies), bispecificantibodies, and fusion proteins comprising an antigen-binding portion ofan antibody and a non-antibody protein. The antibodies may be detectablylabeled, e.g., with a radioisotope, an enzyme which generates adetectable product, a fluorescent protein, and the like. The antibodiesmay be further conjugated to other moieties, such as members of specificbinding pairs. e.g., biotin (member of biotin-avidin specific bindingpair), and the like. The antibodies may also be bound to a solidsupport, including, but not limited to, polystyrene plates or beads, andthe like. An antibody may be monovalent or bivalent. An antibody may beconjugated to a toxic moiety, such as, a chemotherapeutic agent.

“Antibody fragments” comprise a portion of an intact antibody, forexample, the antigen binding or variable region of the intact antibody.Examples of antibody fragments include Fab, Fab′, F(ab′)₂, and Fvfragments; diabodies; linear antibodies (Zapata et al., Protein Eng.8(10): 1057-1062 (1995)); single-chain antibody molecules, includingantibodies comprising only heavy chains (e.g. VHH camelid antibodies);and multispecific antibodies formed from antibody fragments. Papaindigestion of antibodies produces two identical antigen-bindingfragments, called “Fab” fragments, each with a single antigen-bindingsite, and a residual “Fc” fragment, a designation reflecting the abilityto crystallize readily. Pepsin treatment yields an F(ab′)₂ fragment thathas two antigen combining sites and is still capable of cross-linkingantigen.

“Fv” is the minimum antibody fragment which contains a completeantigen-recognition and -binding site. This region consists of a dimerof one heavy- and one light-chain variable domain in tight, non-covalentassociation. It is in this configuration that the three CDRs of eachvariable domain interact to define an antigen-binding site on thesurface of the VH-VL dimer. Collectively, the six CDRs conferantigen-binding specificity to the antibody. However, even a singlevariable domain (or half of an Fv comprising only three CDRs specificfor an antigen) has the ability to recognize and bind antigen, althoughat a lower affinity than the entire binding site comprising the threeCDRs of each variable domain.

The “Fab” fragment also contains the constant domain of the light chainand the first constant domain (CH₁) of the heavy chain. Fab fragmentsdiffer from Fab′ fragments by the addition of a few residues at thecarboxyl terminus of the heavy chain CH₁ domain including one or morecysteines from the antibody hinge region. Fab′-SH is the designationherein for Fab′ in which the cysteine residue(s) of the constant domainsbear a free thiol group. F(ab′)₂ antibody fragments originally wereproduced as pairs of Fab′ fragments which have hinge cysteines betweenthem. Other chemical couplings of antibody fragments are also known.

The “light chains” of antibodies (immunoglobulins) from any vertebratespecies can be assigned to one of two clearly distinct types, calledkappa and lambda, based on the amino acid sequences of their constantdomains. Depending on the amino acid sequence of the constant domain oftheir heavy chains, immunoglobulins can be assigned to differentclasses. There are five major classes of immunoglobulins: IgA, IgD, IgE.IgG, and IgM, and several of these may be further divided intosubclasses (isotypes), e.g., IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, IgG4, IgA, and IgA2.

“Single-chain Fv” “sFv” or “scFv” antibody fragments comprise the V_(H)and V_(L) domains of antibody, wherein these domains are present in asingle polypeptide chain. In some embodiments, the Fv polypeptidefurther comprises a polypeptide linker between the V_(H) and V_(L)domains, which enables the sFv to form the desired structure for antigenbinding. For a review of sFv, see Pluckthun in The Pharmacology ofMonoclonal Antibodies, vol. 113, Rosenburg and Moore eds.,Springer-Verlag, New York, pp. 269-315 (1994).

The term “diabodies” refers to small antibody fragments with twoantigen-binding sites, which fragments comprise a heavy-chain variabledomain (VH) connected to alight-chain variable domain (VL) in the samepolypeptide chain (VH-VL). By using a linker that is too short to allowpairing between the two domains on the same chain, the domains areforced to pair with the complementary domains of another chain andcreate two antigen-binding sites. Diabodies are described more fully in,for example, EP 404,097; WO 93/11161; and Hollinger et al., Proc. Natl.Acad. Sci. USA, 90:6444-6448 (1993).

As used herein, the term “affinity” refers to the equilibrium constantfor the reversible binding of two agents and is expressed as adissociation constant (Kd). Affinity can be at least 1-fold greater, atleast 2-fold greater, at least 3-fold greater, at least 4-fold greater,at least 5-fold greater, at least 6-fold greater, at least 7-foldgreater, at least 8-fold greater, at least 9-fold greater, at least10-fold greater, at least 20-fold greater, at least 30-fold greater, atleast 40-fold greater, at least 50-fold greater, at least 60-foldgreater, at least 70-fold greater, at least 80-fold greater, at least90-fold greater, at least 100-fold greater, or at least 1000-foldgreater, or more, than the affinity of an antibody for unrelated aminoacid sequences. Affinity of an antibody to a target protein can be, forexample, from about 100 nanomolar (nM) to about 0.1 nM, from about 100nM to about 1 picomolar (pM), or from about 100 nM to about 1 femtomolar(fM) or more. As used herein, the term “avidity” refers to theresistance of a complex of two or more agents to dissociation afterdilution. The terms “immunoreactive” and “preferentially binds” are usedinterchangeably herein with respect to antibodies and/or antigen-bindingfragments.

The term “binding” refers to a direct association between two molecules,due to, for example, covalent, electrostatic, hydrophobic, and ionicand/or hydrogen-bond interactions, including interactions such as saltbridges and water bridges. An ABCC1-specific antibody binds specificallyto an epitope within a ABCC1 polypeptide. The epitope may be a linearepitope formed by a contiguous stretch of amino acids or a non-linear ora conformational epitope formed by non-contiguous stretches of aminoacids. Non-specific binding would refer to binding with an affinity ofless than about 10⁻⁷ M, e.g., binding with an affinity of 10⁻⁶ M, 10⁻⁵M, 10⁻⁴ M, etc.

As used herein, the term “CDR” or “complementarity determining region”is intended to mean the non-contiguous antigen combining sites foundwithin the variable region of both heavy and light chain polypeptides.CDRs are hypervariable regions and are interspersed with regions thatare more conserved, termed “framework regions (FR)”. CDRs have beendescribed by Kabat et al., J. Biol. Chem. 252:6609-6616 (1977); Kabat etal., U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. “Sequences of proteins ofimmunological interest” (1991); by Chothia et al., J. Mol. Biol.196:901-917 (1987); and MacCallum et al., J. Mol. Biol. 262:732-745(1996), where the definitions include overlapping or subsets of aminoacid residues when compared against each other. Nevertheless,application of either definition to refer to a CDR of an antibody orgrafted antibodies or variants thereof is intended to be within thescope of the term as defined and used herein. The amino acid residueswhich encompass the CDRs as defined by each of the above citedreferences are set forth below in Table 1 as a comparison.

TABLE 1 CDR Definitions Kabat¹ Chothia² MacCallum³ V_(H) CDR1 31-3526-32 30-35 V_(H) CDR2 50-65 53-55 47-58 V_(H) CDR3  95-102  96-101 93-101 V_(L) CDR1 24-34 26-32 30-36 V_(L) CDR2 50-56 50-52 46-55 V_(L)CDR3 89-97 91-96 89-96 ¹Residue numbering follows the nomenclature ofKabat et al., supra ²Residue numbering follows the nomenclature ofChothia et al., supra ³Residue numbering follows the nomenclature ofMacCallum et al., supra

As used herein, the term “framework” when used in reference to anantibody variable region is intended to mean all amino acid residuesoutside the CDR regions within the variable region of an antibody. Avariable region framework is generally a discontinuous amino acidsequence between about 100-120 amino acids in length but is intended toreference only those amino acids outside of the CDRs. As used herein,the term “framework region” is intended to mean each domain of theframework that is separated by the CDRs. A VH chain can comprise threeCDRs and four FRs arranged from N-terminus to C-terminus in thefollowing order: FR1, CDR1, FR2, CDR2, FR3. CDR3, FR4. Similarly, a VLchain can comprise three CDRs and four FRs arranged from N-terminus toC-terminus in the following order: FR1, CDR1, FR2, CDR2, FR3, CDR3, FR4.The terms VH chain and VH region are used interchangeably herein. Theterms VL chain and VL region are used interchangeably herein.

As used herein, the term antibody encompasses a tetramer of two heavyand two light chains, wherein the heavy and light chains areinterconnected by, for example, disulphide bonds. The heavy chainconstant region is comprised of three domains, CH1, CH2 and CH3. Thelight chain constant region is comprised of one domain, CL. The variableregions of the heavy and light chains comprise binding regions thatinteract with antigen. The constant regions of the antibodies typicallymediate the binding of the antibody to host tissues and factors,including various cells of the immune system and the first component ofthe complement system. The term “antibody” includes immunoglobulins oftypes IgA, IgG, IgE, IgD, IgM and subtypes thereof. In some embodiments,a subject antibody is an IgG isotype, e.g., IgG1.

As used herein the term “immunoglobulin” refers to a protein includingone or more polypeptides substantially encoded by immunoglobulin genes.The recognized human immunoglobulin genes include the kappa, lambda,alpha (IgA1 and IgA2), gamma (IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, IgG4), delta, epsilonand mu constant region genes; and numerous immunoglobulin variableregion genes. Full-length immunoglobulin light chains (about 25 kD or214 amino acids) are encoded by a variable region gene at the N-terminus(about 110 amino acids) and a kappa or lambda constant region at theC-terminus. Full-length immunoglobulin heavy chains (about 50 kD or 446amino acids) are encoded by a variable region gene at the N-terminus(about 116 amino acids) and one of the other aforementioned constantregion genes at the C-terminus, e.g. gamma (encoding about 330 aminoacids). In some embodiments, a subject antibody comprises full-lengthimmunoglobulin heavy chain and a full-length immunoglobulin light chain.

The term “antigen-binding fragment” refers to one or more fragments of afull-length antibody that are capable of specifically binding to anantigen. Examples of binding fragments include (i) a Fab fragment (amonovalent fragment including, e.g., consisting of, the VL, VH, CL andCH1 domains; (ii) a F(ab′)₂ fragment (a bivalent fragment comprising twoFab fragments linked by a disulfide bridge at the hinge region: (iii) aFd fragment (including, e.g., consisting of, the VH and CH1 domains);(iv) a Fv fragment (including, e.g., consisting of, the VH and VLdomains of a single arm of an antibody); (v) a dAb fragment (including,e.g., consisting of, the VH domain); (vi) an isolated CDR; (vii) asingle chain Fv (scFv) (including, e.g., consisting of, the VH and VLdomains of a single arm of an antibody joined by a synthetic linkerusing recombinant means such that the VH and VL domains pair to form amonovalent molecule); (viii) diabodies (including, e.g., consisting of,two scFvs in which the VH and VL domains are joined such that they donot pair to form a monovalent molecule; the VH of each one of the scFvpairs with the VL domain of the other scFv to form a bivalent molecule).

The term “chimeric” antibody refers to an antibody in which a portion ofthe heavy and/or light chain is derived from a particular source orspecies, while the remainder of the heavy and/or light chain is derivedfrom a different source or species.

A “human antibody” is one which possesses an amino acid sequence whichcorresponds to that of an antibody produced by a human or a human cellor derived from a non-human source that utilizes human antibodyrepertoires or other human antibody-encoding sequences. This definitionof a human antibody specifically excludes a humanized antibodycomprising non-human antigen-binding residues.

A “human consensus framework” is a framework (FR) which represents themost commonly occurring amino acid residues in a selection of humanimmunoglobulin variable light chain (VL) or variable heavy chain (VH)framework sequences. Generally, the selection of human immunoglobulin VLor VH sequences is from a subgroup of variable domain sequences.Generally, the subgroup of sequences is a subgroup as in Kabat et al.,Sequences of Proteins of Immunological Interest, Fifth Edition, NIHPublication 91-3242, Bethesda Md. (1991), vols. 1-3. In one embodiment,for the VL, the subgroup is subgroup kappa I as in Kabat et al., supra.In one embodiment, for the VH, the subgroup is subgroup III as in Kabatet al., supra.

A “humanized” antibody refers to a chimeric antibody comprising aminoacid residues from non-human CDRs and amino acid residues from humanframeworks (FRs). At least a portion of a humanized antibody constantregion is derived from a human antibody, e.g., a human IgG1 antibody. Inpreferred embodiments, the antibody molecules disclosed herein include aheavy chain comprising a variable heavy chain region as provided hereinand a human IgG1 constant region having the amino acid sequence sequenceset forth in UniProt: P01857-1, version 1. In preferred embodiments, theantibody molecules disclosed herein include a light chain comprising avariable light chain region as provided herein and a human light chainconstant region. In preferred embodiments, the human light chainconstant region is a human kappa light chain constant region having theamino acid set forth in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: P01834.2. In certainembodiments, the human IgG1 heavy chain constant region present in thesubject antibodies may include mutations, e.g., substitutions tomodulate Fc function. For example, the LALAPG effector functionmutations (L234A, L235A, and P329G) or the N297A mutation may beintroduced to reduce antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC).The numbering of the substitutions is based on the EU numbering system.The “EU numbering system” or “EU index” is generally used when referringto a residue in an immunoglobulin heavy chain constant region (e.g., theEU index reported in Kabat et al., Sequences of Proteins ofImmunological Interest, 5th Ed. Public Health Service, NationalInstitutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. (1991)). The “EU index as in Kabat”refers to the residue numbering of the human IgG 1 EU antibody.

A “humanized form” of an antibody, e.g., a non-human antibody, refers toan antibody that has undergone humanization.

The term “epitope” refers to a region of an antigen that is recognizedby the immune system, for example by antibodies, B cells, or T cells.For example, the epitope is the specific region of the antigen to whichan antibody binds.

An “isolated” antibody is one that has been identified and separatedand/or recovered from a component of its natural environment.Contaminant components of its natural environment are materials thatwould interfere with diagnostic or therapeutic uses for the antibody,and may include enzymes, hormones, and other proteinaceous ornonproteinaceous solutes. In some embodiments, the antibody will bepurified (1) to greater than 90%, greater than 95%, or greater than 98%,by weight of antibody as determined by the Lowry method, for example,more than 99% by weight, (2) to a degree sufficient to obtain at least15 residues of N-terminal or internal amino acid sequence by use of aspinning cup sequenator, or (3) to homogeneity by sodium dodecylsulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) under reducing ornonreducing conditions using Coomassie blue or silver stain. Isolatedantibody includes the antibody in situ within recombinant cells since atleast one component of the antibody's natural environment will not bepresent. In some instances, isolated antibody will be prepared by atleast one purification step.

The term “cytotoxic agent” as used herein refers to a substance thatinhibits or prevents a cellular function and/or causes cell death ordestruction. A “chemotherapeutic agent,” also referred to an“antineoplastic agent,” can be a cytotoxic agent which is used fortreating a cancer or other disease or disorder.

As used herein, the terms “treatment,” “treating,” and the like, referto obtaining a desired pharmacologic and/or physiologic effect. Theeffect may be prophylactic in terms of completely or partiallypreventing a disease or symptom thereof and/or may be therapeutic interms of a partial or complete cure for a disease and/or adverse effectattributable to the disease. “Treatment,” as used herein, covers anytreatment of a disease in a mammal, including in a human, and includes:(a) preventing the disease from occurring in a subject which may bepredisposed to the disease but has not yet been diagnosed as having it;(b) inhibiting the disease, i.e., arresting its development; and (c)relieving the disease, i.e., causing regression of the disease.

The terms “individual,” “subject,” “host,” and “patient,” usedinterchangeably herein, refer to a mammal, including, but not limitedto, murines (rats, mice), non-human primates, humans, canines, felines,ungulates (e.g., equines, bovines, ovines, porcines, caprines), etc.

A “therapeutically effective amount” or “efficacious amount” refers tothe amount of a target-specific antibody that, when administered to amammal or other subject for treating a disease, is sufficient to affectsuch treatment for the disease. The “therapeutically effective amount”will vary depending on the antibody, the disease and its severity andthe age, weight, etc., of the subject to be treated.

The term “refractory”, used herein, refers to a disease or conditionthat does not respond to treatment. With regard to cancer “refractorycancer”, as used herein, refers to cancer that does not respond totreatment. A refractory cancer may be resistant at the beginning oftreatment or it may become resistant during treatment. Refractory cancermay also be called resistant cancer.

A “biological sample” encompasses a variety of sample types obtainedfrom an individual and can be used in a diagnostic or monitoring assay.The definition encompasses blood and other liquid samples of biologicalorigin, solid tissue samples such as a biopsy specimen or tissuecultures or cells derived therefrom and the progeny thereof. Thedefinition also includes samples that have been manipulated in any wayafter their procurement, such as by treatment with reagents,solubilization, or enrichment for certain components, such aspolynucleotides. The term “biological sample” encompasses a clinicalsample, and also includes cells in culture, cell supernatants, celllysates, serum, plasma, biological fluid, and tissue samples.

Percent identity between a pair of sequences may be calculated bymultiplying the number of matches in the pair by 100 and dividing by thelength of the aligned region, including gaps. Identity scoring onlycounts perfect matches and does not consider the degree of similarity ofamino acids to one another. Only internal gaps are included in thelength, not gaps at the sequence ends. PercentIdentity=(Matches×100)/Length of aligned region (with gaps)

The phrase “conservative amino acid substitution” refers to substitutionof amino acid residues within the following groups: 1) L, I, M, V, F; 2)R, K; 3) F, Y, H, W, R; 4) G, A, T, S; 5) Q, N; and 6) D, E.Conservative amino acid substitutions may preserve the activity of theprotein by replacing an amino acid(s) in the protein with an amino acidwith a side chain of similar acidity, basicity, charge, polarity, orsize of the side chain.

Guidance for substitutions, insertions, or deletions may be based onalignments of amino acid sequences of proteins from different species orfrom a consensus sequence based on a plurality of proteins having thesame or similar function.

The term “vector” means any molecule or entity (e.g., nucleic acid,plasmid, bacteriophage or virus) used to transfer protein codinginformation into a host cell.

The term “expression vector” or “expression construct” refers to avector that is suitable for transformation of a host cell and containsnucleic acid sequences that direct and/or control (in conjunction withthe host cell) expression of one or more heterologous coding regionsoperatively linked thereto. An expression construct may include, but isnot limited to, sequences that affect or control transcription,translation, and, if introns are present, affect RNA splicing of acoding region operably linked thereto.

The term “stimulation,” refers to a primary response induced by bindingof a stimulatory molecule (e.g., a TCR/CD3 complex or CAR) with itscognate ligand (or tumor antigen in the case of a CAR) thereby mediatinga signal transduction event, such as, but not limited to, signaltransduction via the TCR/CD3 complex or signal transduction via theappropriate NK receptor or signaling domains of the CAR. Stimulation canmediate altered expression of certain molecules.

The term “stimulatory molecule,” refers to a molecule expressed by animmune cell (e.g., T cell, NK cell, B cell) that provides thecytoplasmic signaling sequence(s) that regulate activation of the immunecell in a stimulatory way for at least some aspect of the immune cellsignaling pathway. In one embodiment, the signal is a primary signalthat is initiated by, for instance, binding of a TCR/CD3 complex with anMHC molecule loaded with peptide, and which leads to mediation of a Tcell response, including, but not limited to, proliferation, activation,differentiation, and the like. A primary cytoplasmic signaling sequence(also referred to as a “primary signaling domain”) that acts in astimulatory manner may contain a signaling motif which is known asimmunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif or ITAM. Examples of anITAM containing cytoplasmic signaling sequence that is of particular usein the invention includes, but is not limited to, those derived from CD3zeta, common FcR gamma (FCER1G), Fc gamma RIIa, FcR beta (Fc EpsilonR1b), CD3 gamma, CD3 delta, CD3 epsilon, CD79a. CD79b, DAP10, and DAP12.

The term a “costimulatory molecule” refers to a cognate binding partneron a T cell that specifically binds with a costimulatory ligand, therebymediating a costimulatory response by the T cell, such as, but notlimited to, proliferation. Costimulatory molecules are cell surfacemolecules other than antigen receptors or their ligands that arecontribute to an efficient immune response. Costimulatory moleculesinclude, but are not limited to an MHC class I molecule, BTLA and a Tollligand receptor, as well as OX40, CD27, CD28, CDS, ICAM-1, LFA-1(CD11a/CD18), ICOS (CD278), and 4-1BB (CD137).

The term “autologous” refers to any material derived from the sameindividual to whom it is later to be re-introduced into the individual.

An “intracellular signaling domain,” as the term is used herein, refersto an intracellular portion of a molecule. The intracellular signalingdomain generates a signal that promotes an immune effector function ofthe CAR containing cell, e.g., a CAR-T cell. Examples of immune effectorfunction, e.g., in a CAR-T cell, include cytolytic activity and helperactivity, including the secretion of cytokines.

“Immune effector cell,” as that term is used herein, refers to a cellthat is involved in an immune response. e.g., in the promotion of animmune effector response. Examples of immune effector cells include Tcells, e.g., alpha/beta T cells and gamma/delta T cells, B cells,natural killer (NK) cells, natural killer T (NKT) cells, mast cells, andmyeloid-derived phagocytes.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Provided are antibodies that bind to the cellular efflux pump ABCC1.Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, nucleic acids,recombinant expression vectors, cells, and kits that include or encodesuch antibodies. Methods of using the antibodies for detecting presenceor absence of ABCC1 expression in cells, e.g., tumor cells, level ofABCC1 expression, and/or inhibiting ABCC1 function are also disclosed.Also provided are methods for treating a subject for a cancer thatinclude administering to the subject an anti-ABCC1 antibody as disclosedherein.

Before the present invention is described in greater detail, it is to beunderstood that this invention is not limited to particular embodimentsdescribed, as such may, of course, vary. It is also to be understoodthat the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describingparticular embodiments only, and is not intended to be limiting, sincethe scope of the present invention will be limited only by the appendedclaims.

Where a range of values is provided, it is understood that eachintervening value, to the tenth of the unit of the lower limit unlessthe context clearly dictates otherwise, between the upper and lowerlimit of that range and any other stated or intervening value in thatstated range, is encompassed within the invention. The upper and lowerlimits of these smaller ranges may independently be included in thesmaller ranges and are also encompassed within the invention, subject toany specifically excluded limit in the stated range. Where the statedrange includes one or both of the limits, ranges excluding either orboth of those included limits are also included in the invention.

Certain ranges are presented herein with numerical values being precededby the term “about.” The term “about” is used herein to provide literalsupport for the exact number that it precedes, as well as a number thatis near to or approximately the number that the term precedes. Indetermining whether a number is near to or approximately a specificallyrecited number, the near or approximating unrecited number may be anumber which, in the context in which it is presented, provides thesubstantial equivalent of the specifically recited number.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used hereinhave the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill inthe art to which this invention belongs. Although any methods andmaterials similar or equivalent to those described herein can also beused in the practice or testing of the present invention, representativeillustrative methods and materials are now described.

All publications and patents cited in this specification are hereinincorporated by reference as if each individual publication or patentwere specifically and individually indicated to be incorporated byreference and are incorporated herein by reference to disclose anddescribe the methods and/or materials in connection with which thepublications are cited. The citation of any publication is for itsdisclosure prior to the filing date and should not be construed as anadmission that the present invention is not entitled to antedate suchpublication. Further, the dates of publication provided may be differentfrom the actual publication dates which may need to be independentlyconfirmed.

It is noted that, as used herein and in the appended claims, thesingular forms “a”, “an”, and “the” include plural referents unless thecontext clearly dictates otherwise. It is further noted that the claimsmay be drafted to exclude any optional element. As such, this statementis intended to serve as antecedent basis for use of such exclusiveterminology as “solely.” “only” and the like in connection with therecitation of claim elements, or use of a “negative” limitation.

As will be apparent to those of skill in the art upon reading thisdisclosure, each of the individual embodiments described and illustratedherein has discrete components and features which may be readilyseparated from or combined with the features of any of the other severalembodiments without departing from the scope or spirit of the presentinvention. Any recited method can be carried out in the order of eventsrecited or in any other order which is logically possible.

While the methods and compositions have or will be described for thesake of grammatical fluidity with functional explanations, it is to beexpressly understood that the claims, unless expressly formulated under35 U.S.C. § 112(f), are not to be construed as necessarily limited inany way by the construction of “means” or “steps” limitations, but areto be accorded the full scope of the meaning and equivalents of thedefinition provided by the claims under the judicial doctrine ofequivalents, and in the case where the claims are expressly formulatedunder 35 U.S.C. § 112(f) are to be accorded full statutory equivalentsunder 35 U.S.C. § 112(f).

Antibodies

As summarized above, the present disclosure provides antibodies thatbind a cellular efflux pump ABCC1 expressed on surface of a mammaliancell, e.g., a human cell. ABCC1, also known asGlutathione-S-Conjugate-Translocating ATPase ABCC1 or MultidrugResistance-Associated Protein 1 (MRP1), is an energy-dependent pump thateffluxes drugs and organic anions across the plasma membrane. Itincludes 17 transmembrane helices linked by extracellular andcytoplasmic loops. ABCC1 mediates resistance to doxorubicin, etoposide,and vincristine among others.

In some embodiments, the antibodies disclosed herein bind to one or moresites on an extracellular region of ABCC1. In certain embodiments, theanti-ABCC1 antibodies of the present disclosure bind to human ABCC1. Incertain embodiments, the anti-ABCC1 antibodies of the present disclosurebind to human ABCC1 expressed on the cell surface of a human cell, e.g.,a cancer cell.

Antibodies of the present disclosure may have one or more of thefollowing properties:

-   -   i) Inhibits efflux from ABCC1;    -   ii) increases sensitivity of cancer cell to treatment with a        chemotherapeutic agent thereby lowering the IC50 of the        chemotherapeutic agent by at least a factor of 2;    -   iii) binds to human and cynomolgus ABCC1 on cell surface;    -   iv) is effective in in vitro cell killing assays;    -   v) is effective in inhibiting tumor growth even in absence of        chemotherapy; and    -   vi) has an affinity for ABCC1 in a lower range such that it        binds to cancer cells that express ABCC1 at a higher level as        compared to non-cancer cells and binds significantly less to        non-cancer cells.

As used herein, EC50 refers to the concentration of an antibody thatprovides half maximal response (e.g., half of the maximum fluorescenceintensity). The antibodies of the present disclosure may have an EC50 of100 nM or lower, e.g., 100 nM-4 nM, 80 nM-4 nM, 60 nM-4 nM, 40 nM-4 nM,30 nM-4 nM, 20 nM-4 nM, 15 nM-4 nM, or 10 nM-4 nM. EC50 of a testantibody many be determined by flow cytometry or ELISA. For example,flow cytometry may involve contacting a cell expressing ABCC1 (e.g.human ABCC1) with the antibody in a flow cytometry buffer, where theantibody is serially diluted, and incubating at room temperature or 4°C. for a period of time sufficient for the antibody to bind to the cells(e.g. 10 min-1 hr). After incubating, the cells may optionally be washedto remove and non-specifically bound antibody and/or the cells may becontacted with a fluorescently labeled secondary antibody thatspecifically binds to the test antibody. After incubation, thefluorescently labeled secondary antibody may be removed and the cellswashed. The washed cells may be sorted by flow cytometry and the numberof cells bound to the fluorescently labeled secondary antibody counted.The concentration that provides half maximal response (e.g., half of themaximum fluorescence intensity) is measured as the EC50. In variationsof the flow cytometry assay, the cell may be a 293T cell overexpressingABCC1.

The IC50 of a test antibody may be determined by measuring inhibition ofcell growth. IC50 may be measured by using the test antibody alone todetermine the concentration of the antibody that produced half maximalresponse. The IC50 of a chemotherapeutic agent may be measured in theabsence and in the presence of the test antibody to determine the effectof the antibody on the IC50 chemotherapeutic agent. The chemotherapeuticagent may be doxorubicin, daunorubicin, etoposide, vincristine etc. Thecell may be a cancer cell line. The cancer cell line may be H69AR, adoxorubicin-selected, C1-positive variant of the lung cancer cell line,H69. Cells may be contacted with antibody alone if determining the IC50of the antibody, wherein the antibody is tested at serial dilutions.Cells may be contacted with antibody and the chemotherapeutic agent todetermine the effect of the antibody on the IC50 of the agent, where theagent is tested at serial dilutions. The cells may be incubated at 37°C. for a period of time (e.g. 24 hr-84 hr) and cell viability assessedusing standard reagents and methods. The antibodies disclosed herein mayincrease sensitivity of cancer cell to treatment with a chemotherapeuticagent thereby lowering the IC50 of the chemotherapeutic agent by atleast a factor of 5. In certain embodiments, the antibodies of thepresent disclosure may lower the IC50 of the chemotherapeutic agent byfactor of 5 or more, e.g., factor of 6 or more, factor of 7 or more,factor of 8 or more, factor of 9 or more, or factor of 10 or more, e.g.,by a factor of 5 to 10.

In certain embodiments, one or more of the anti-ABCC1 antibodiesdisclosed herein bind to both human and cynomolgus ABCC1. This propertymay be utilized in determining safety of the antibody in an animalmodel.

In certain embodiments, the anti-ABCC1 antibodies disclosed herein arespecific for ABCC1 and do not show significant binding to otherantigens.

In some embodiments, one or more of the subject antibodies may, whenbound to a cell expressing ABCC1, prevent the functioning of thecellular ABCC1 protein. Accordingly, one or more antibodies of thepresent disclosure may inhibit efflux by the ABCC1 protein, includinge.g., where efflux is reduced by 5% or more, including e.g., 10% ormore, 15% or more, 20% or more, 25% or more, 30% or more, 40% or more,50% or more, 60% or more, 70% or more, 80% or more, or 90% or more, ascompared to efflux by ABCC1 in the absence of the subject antibody. Insome embodiments, the subject antibodies may, when bound to a cellexpressing ABCC1 may otherwise impede the action of ABCC1 by othermechanisms, e.g., rendering ABCC1 leaky which in turn may enhance uptakeof a chemotherapeutic agent and/or decrease viability of the cell.

In certain embodiments, an anti-ABCC1 antibody that competes for bindingto ABCC1 with an antibody comprising heavy chain complementaritydetermining regions (HCDRs) and light chain CDRs (LCDRs) of the variableheavy chain (VH) region and the variable light chain (VL) region pair,respectively, of an antibody listed in Table 2 is provided. For example,in one embodiment, an anti-ABCC1 antibody of the present disclosurecompetes for binding to ABCC1 with the C1.309 antibody listed in Table2. In certain embodiments, HCDRs 1-3 and LCDRs 1-3 are defined as perKabat nomenclature.

In certain embodiments, the anti-ABCC1 antibody comprises the HCDR1,HCDR2, and HCDR3 of the VH region of the antibody listed in Table 2. Incertain embodiments, the HCDR1, HCDR2, and HCDR3 are defined as perKabat nomenclature. For example, in one embodiment, the anti-ABCC1antibody of the present disclosure that competes for binding to ABCC1with the C1.309 antibody listed in Table 2 comprises the HCDR1, HCDR2,and HCDR3 of the VH region of the C1.309 antibody.

Any suitable approach for determining whether a first antibody competeswith a second antibody for binding to ABCC1 may be employed. Whether afirst antibody “competes with” a second antibody for binding to anantigen may be readily determined using competitive binding assays knownin the art. Competing antibodies may be identified, for example, via anantibody competition assay. For example, a sample of a first antibodycan be bound to a solid support. Then, a sample of a second antibodysuspected of being able to compete with such first antibody is added.One of the two antibodies is labelled. If the labeled antibody and theunlabeled antibody bind to separate and discrete sites on the antigen,the labeled antibody will bind to the same level whether or not thesuspected competing antibody is present. However, if the sites ofinteraction are identical or overlapping, the unlabeled antibody willcompete, and the amount of labeled antibody bound to the antigen will belowered. If the unlabeled antibody is present in excess, very little, ifany, labeled antibody will bind.

For purposes of the present disclosure, competing antibodies are thosethat decrease the binding of an antibody to the antigen by about 30% ormore, about 40% or more, about 50% or more, about 60% or more, about 70%or more, about 80% or more, about 85% or more, about 90% or more, about95% or more, or about 99% or more. Details of procedures for carryingout such competition assays are well known in the art and can be found,for example, in Harlow and Lane, Antibodies, A Laboratory Manual, ColdSpring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., 1988, 567-569,1988, ISBN 0-87969-314-2. Such assays can be made quantitative by usingpurified antibodies. A standard curve may be established by titratingone antibody against itself, i.e., the same antibody is used for boththe label and the competitor. The capacity of an unlabeled competingantibody to inhibit the binding of the labeled antibody to the antigenmay be titrated. The results may be plotted, and the concentrationsnecessary to achieve the desired degree of binding inhibition may becompared.

In certain embodiments, an antibody that specifically binds to ABCC1comprises (i) HCDRs 1-3 and light chain CDRs (LCDRs 1-3) of a pair ofvariable heavy chain (VH) region and variable light chain (VL) region ofan antibody listed in Table 2; (ii) HCDRs 1-3 of a VH region of anantibody listed in Table 2; (iii) LCDRs 1-3 of a VH region of anantibody listed in Table 2; or (iv) HCDRs 1-3 of a VH region of a firstantibody listed in Table 2 and LCDRs 1-3 of a VL region of secondantibody listed in Table 2. The HCDRs and the LCDRs may be defined basedon the Kabat nomenclature.

In certain embodiments, an antibody of the present disclosure that bindsspecifically to human ABCC1 comprises the HCDR1, HCDR2, and HCDR3sequences and the LCDR1, LCDR2, and LCDR3 sequences of an antibodylisted in Table 2. In addition to binding to human ABCC1, one or more ofthe antibodies provided herein may bind to ABCC1 from other mammalianspecies, such as, mouse, monkey, chimpanzee, etc. The antibodies may beraised in mouse or rat. In Table 2, the animal in which the antibody wasgenerated is indicated.

TABLE 2From left to right, 1^(st) column: Anti-ABCC1 antibody name, 2^(nd) column: VH region,3^(rd) column: HCDR1, 4^(th) column: HCDR2, 5^(th) column: HCDR3, 6^(th) column: VL region, 7^(th) column: LCDR1, 8^(th) column: LCDR2, 9^(th) column: LCDR3. AntibodyHeavy Chain Variable Region CDRH1 CDRH2 CDRH3Light Chain Variable Region CDRL1 CDRL2 CDRL3 C1.309QVQLKESGPGLVAPSQSLSITCTV SYDIT (SEQ VIWTGGGTNY DLRYGYDGFDVVMTQTPLSLPVSLGDQASISCRS RSSQSIVHS KVSNRFS FQGSHVPRTSGFSLTSYDITWIRQPPGKGLEW ID NO: 37) NSAPMS (SEQ WYFDV (SEQSQSIVHSNGNTYLEWYLQKPGQSP NGNTYLE (SEQ ID (SEQ ID LGVIWTGGGTNYNSAFMSRLSISID NO: 47) ID NO: 64) KLLIYKVSNRFSGVPDRESGSGTGT (SEQ ID NO: 124)NO: 135) KDSSKSQVFLKMNSLRTDDTAIY DFTLKISRVEAEDLGVYYCFQGSHV NO: 111)YCVRDLRYGYDGFWYFDVWGA PRTFGGGTKLEIK (SEQ ID NO: 76)GTTVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 1) C1.310 QVQMKQSGPGLVAPSQSLSITC SYDIT (SEQVIWTGGGTNY DLRYGYDGF DVVMTQAPSSLSASLGERISLTCRA RASQDIYGS GTSSLDSLQYASYPYT TVSGFSLTSYDITWIRQPPGKGLE ID NO: 37) NSAFMS (SEQ WYEDV (SEQSQDIYGSLNWFQQKPDGTIKLLIYG LN (SEQ ID (SEQ ID (SEQ IDWLGVIWTGGGTNYNSAFMSRL ID NO: 47) ID NO: 64) TSSLDSGVPKRFSGSRSGSDYSLTISNO: 112) NO: 125) NO: 136) SISKDSSKSQVFLKMNSLRTDDTSLESEDFADYYCLQYASSPYTFGGG AIYYCVRDLRYGYDGFWYFDVW TKLEIK (SEQ ID NO: 77)GTGTTVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 2) C1.499 EVELKESGPGLVQPSQTLSLTCTV SNGVSAISSGGNIYYN HRGYYGYN DIQMTQSPSLLSASVGDRVTLSCKG KGSQNINN KTNSLQT YQYNNWYTSGFSLTSNGVSWVRQPPGKGLE (SEQ ID SAFKS (SEQ WGYFDYSQNINNYLAWYQQKLGGAPKLLIY YLA (SEQ (SEQ ID (SEQ IDWIAAISSGGNIYYNSAFKSRLSISR NO: 38) ID NO: 48) (SEQ IDKTNSLQTGIPSRFSGSGSGTDYTLTI ID NO: 126) NO: 137) HTSKSQVLLKMNSLQTEDTAMYNO: 65) SSLHSEDLATYYCYQYNNWYTFGP NO: 113) FCVRHRGYYGYNWGYFDYWGQGTKLELK (SEQ ID NO: 78) GASVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 3) C1.505EVQLTESGPGLVQPSQTLSLTCT SNGVS AISSGGNIYYN ERGWNYPGIDIVLTQSPSLLSASVGDRVILSCKAG KAGQKINN NANSLQT QQYNSWYTVSGFSLTSNGVSWVRLPPGKGLE (SEQ ID SALKS (SEQ TNGYYFDYQKINNYLAWYQQKLGEAPKLLIYN YLA (SEQ (SEQ ID (SEQ IDWIAAISSGGNIYYNSALKSRLSISR NO: 38) ID NO: 49) (SEQ IDANSLQTGIPSRESGSGSGTDYTLTIS ID NO: 127) NO: 138) DISKSQVFLKMNSLQTEDTAIYFNO: 66) SLQPEDVATYFCQQYNSWYTFGA NO: 114) CTRERGWNYPGITNGYYFDYWGTKLEIK (SEQ ID NO: 79) GQGASVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 4) C1.773EIQLAQSGPELVKPGASVKMSCK GYFMN RINPYNGDTF SGWGYDVYSDIQMTQTPSSLSASLGQRVTISCRA RASQDISNY YTSRLHS QQGNTLPWASGYSFIGYFMNWVKQSHGKSL (SEQ ID YNQKFKG FDY (SEQ IDSQDISNYLNWYQQKPDGTVKLLIYY LN (SEQ ID (SEQ ID T (SEQ IDEWIGRINPYNGDTFYNQKFKGK NO: 39) (SEQ ID NO: 67)TSRLHSGVPSRESGSGSGTDYSLTIS NO: 115) NO: 128) NO: 139)ATLTVDKSSSTAHMELRSLTSED NO: 50) NLEQEDIATYFCQQGNTLPWTFGGSALYYCTRSGWGYDVYSFDYWG GTKLEIK (SEQ ID NO: 80) QGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 5)C1.773a EVQLKESGPGLVQPSQTLSLTCT SNGVS AISSGGSIYYN HRGYYGYNNIQLTQSPSLLSASVGDRVTLSCKGS KGSQNINN KINSLQT SQYNNGYTVSGFSLTSNGVSWVRQPPGKGL (SEQ ID SAFKS (SEQ WGYFDYQNINNYLAWYQQKLGEAPKLLIYK YLA (SEQ (SEQ ID (SEQ IDEWIAAISSGGSIYYNSAFKSRLSIS NO: 38) ID NO: 51) (SEQ IDTNSLQTGIPSRFSGSGSGTDYTLTIS ID NO: 126) NO: 140) RHTSKSQVLLKMNSLQTEDTAMNO: 65) SLHSEDLATYYCSQYNINGYTFGAG NO: 113) YFCARHRGYYGYNWGYFDYWGTKLEIK (SEQ ID NO: 81) QGASVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 6) C1.777aEVQLVESGPGLVQPSQTLSLTCT NNGVS AISSGGSIYYN HRGYYGENNIQLTQSPSLLSASVGDRVTLSCKGS KGSQNINN KINSLQT YQYNDGYTVSGFSLTNNGVSWVRQPPGKGL (SEQ ID LAFKS (SEQ WGYFDYQNINNYLAWYQQKLGEAPKLLIYK YLA (SEQ (SEQ ID (SEQ IDEWIAAISSGGSIYYNLAFKSRLSIS NO: 40) ID NO: 52) (SEQ IDTNSLQTGIPSRFSGSGSGTDYTLTIS ID NO: 126) NO: 141) RNTSKGHVLLKMNSLQTEDTAMNO: 68) SLHSEDLATYYCYQYNDGYTFGAG NO: 113) YFCVRHRGYYGFNWGYFDYWGTKLELK (SEQ ID NO: 82) QGVMVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 7) C1.778bEVQRKESGPGLVQPSQTLSLTCT NNGVS AISSGGSIYYN HRGYYGYNNIQLTQSPSLLSASVGQRVTLSCKGS KGSQNIDN KINSLQT YQYNNGYTVSGFSLTNNGVSWVRQPPGKGL (SEQ ID SAFKS (SEQ WGYFDYQNIDNYLAWYQQKLGEPPKLLIYKT YLA (SEQ (SEQ ID (SEQ IDEWIAAISSGGSIVYNSAFKSRLSIS NO: 40) ID NO: 51) (SEQ IDNSLQTGIPSRFSGSGSGTDYTLTISS ID NO: 126) NO: 142) RITSKSQVLLKMINSLQTEDTAMYNO: 65) LHSEDLATYYCYQYNNGYTFGAGT NO: 116) FCARHRGYYGYNWGYFDYWGKLELKRADA (SEQ ID NO: 83) QGVMVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 8) C1.7848EVKLEESGPGLVQPSQTLSLTCTV NNGVS AMSSGGNIYY HRGYYWYNNIQLTQSPSLLSASVGDRVTLSCKGS KGSQNINN KINSLQT CQYNNGYTSGFSLTNNGVSWVRQPPGKGLE (SEQ ID NSAFKS (SEQ WGFPDYQNINNYLAWYQQKLGEAPKLLIYK YLA (SEQ (SEQ ID (SEQ IDWIAAMSSGGNIYYNSAFKSRLSI NO: 40) ID NO: 53) (SEQ IDTNSLQTGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTIS ID NO: 126) NO: 143) SRDTSKSQVLLKMSSLQTEDTANO: 69) SLHSEDLATYYCCQYNNGYTFGAG NO: 113) MYFCGRHRGYYWYNWGFFDYTKLELK (SEQ ID NO: 84) WGQGASVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 9) C1.786aEVQLTESGLGLVQPSQTLSLTCSV SYNVH VIWTGGYTDS ERHTMGITKDVQMTQSPASLSASLGETISIECLAS LASEGIFSYL GANTLQA QQSYKFPVTSGFSLTSYNVHWVRQPTGKGLE (SEQ ID NSPLKS (SEQ SWYFDYEGIFSYLAWYQQKPGKSPQLLIYGA A (SEQ ID (SEQ ID (SEQ IDWMGVIWTGGYTDSNSPLKSRLS NO: 41) ID NO: 54) (SEQ IDNTLQAGVPSRFSGSGSGTQYSLKIS NO: 117) NO: 129) NO: 144)ITRQTSKSQVFLKMNSLQSEDIAT NO: 70) SMQPEDEGDYFCQQSYKFPVTFGSYYCARERHTMGITKSWYFDYW GTKLELK (SEQ ID NO: 85) GQGVMVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 10)C1.787a EVQLTESGPGLVQPSQTLSLTCT SNGVS AISSGGSTYYN HRGYYWSNNIQLTQSPSLLSASVGDRVTLSCKGS KGSQNINN KINSLQT CQYNDGYTVSGFSLTSNGVSWVRQPPGKGL (SEQ ID SAFKS (SEQ WGYFDYQNINNYLAWYQQKLGEAPKLLIYK YLA (SEQ (SEQ ID (SEQ IDEWIAAISSGGSTYYNSAFKSRLSIS NO: 38) ID NO: 55) (SEQ IDTNSLQTGIPSRFSGSGSGTDYTLILS ID NO: 126) NO: 145) RHTSKSQVLENMINSLQTEDTAMNO: 71) SLHSEDLATYYCCQYNDGYTFGAG NO: 113) YFCARHRGYYWSNWGYFDYWTKLELK (SEQ ID NO: 86) GQGVMVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 11) C.779bEVKLLESGPGLVQPSQTLSLTCTV SNGVI (SEQ AISSGGNIYYN ARGTTTAYFETVMITQSPSSLAVSAGETVTMNCK KSSQSLLYS WASTRQS QQYYDTLMKSGFSLTSNGVIWVRQPPGKGLE ID NO: 42) SGLKS (SEQ MDA (SEQSSQSLLYSGNQKNYLAWYQQKPG GNQKNYLA (SEQ ID M (SEQ IDWIAAISSGGNIYYNSGLKSRLGIS ID NO: 56) ID NO: 72) QSPKLLIYWASTRQSGVPDRFIGSG(SEQ ID NO: 130) NO: 146) RDTSKSQVFLKMNSLQTEDTAIYSGTDFTLTISSVQAEDLAIYYCQQYY NO: 118) FCTRARGTTTAYFMDAWGQGADTLMKMFGAGTKLEIK (SEQ ID SVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 12) NO: 87) C1.505EVQLTESGPGLVQPSQTLSLTCT SNGVS AISSGGNIYYN ERGWNYPGIDIVLTQSPSLLSASVGDRVILSCKAG KAGQKINN NANSLQT QQYNSWYTVSGFSLTSNGVSWVRLPPGKGLE (SEQ ID SALKS (SEQ TNGYYFDYQKINNYLAWYQQKLGEAPKLLIYN YLA (SEQ (SEQ ID (SEQ IDWIAAISSGGNIYYNSALKSRLSISR NO: 38) ID NO: 49) (SEQ IDANSLQTGIPSRESGSGSGTDYTLTIS ID NO: 127) NO: 138) DISKSQVFLKMNSLQTEDTAIYFNO: 66) SLQPEDVATYFCQQYNSWYTFGA NO: 114) CTRERGWNYPGITNGYYFDYWGTKLEIK (SEQ ID NO: 79) GQGTSVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 13) C1.827EVQLVESGPGLVQPSQTLSLTCT NNGVS AISNGGNIYH HRGYYGYNNIQVTQSPSLLSASVGDRVTLSCKG KGSQNIYNY KTNSLQT CQYNNGYTVSGFSLTNNGVSWVRQPPGKGL (SEQ ID NSALKS (SEQ WGYFDYSQNIYNYLAWYQQKLGEAPKLLIYK LA (SEQ ID (SEQ ID (SEQ IDEWIAAISNGGNIYHNSALKSRLSI NO: 40) ID NO: 57) (SEQ IDTNSLQTGIPSRFSGSGSGTDYTLTIS NO: 119) NO: 126) NO: 143)SRNTAKSQVLIKMNSLQTEDTA NO: 65) SLHSEDLATYYCCQYNNGYTFGAGMYFCARHRGYYGYNWGYFDY TKLELK (SEQ ID NO: 88) WGQGASVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 14)C1.830B EVQLKESGPGLVRPSQTLSLTCSV NYNVH IIWTGGYTDY ERHTMGITKDILMTQSPASLSASLGETISIECLASE LASEGIFSYL GANSLQA QQSYKFPVTSGFSLTNYNVHWVRQPTGKGLE (SEQ ID NSDLKS (SEQ SWYFDYGIFSYLGWYQQKPGKSPQLLIYGA G (SEQ ID (SEQ ID (SEQ IDWMGIIWTGGYTDYNSDLKSRLSI NO: 43) ID NO: 58) (SEQ IDNSLQAGVPSRFSGSGSGTQYSLKIS NO: 120) NO: 131) NO: 144)TRQTSKSQVFLKMINGLQTEDVA NO: 70) SMQPEDEGDYFCQQSYKFPVTFGSTYYCARERHTMGITKSWYFDYW GTKLELK (SEQ ID NO: 89)GQGASVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 15) C1.831 EVQLTESGPGLVQPSQTLSLTCT SNGVSAISSGGNIYYN ERGWNYPFI EIMILTQSPSLLSASVGDRVTLSCKA KAGQNINN NANSLQTQQYNSWYT VSGFSLTSNGVSWVRQPPGKGL (SEQ ID SVLKS (SEQID TNGYYFDYGQNINNYLAWYQQKLGEAPKLLIY YLA (SEQ (SEQ ID (SEQ IDEWIAAISSGGNIYYNSVLKSRLSIS NO: 38) NO: 59) (SEQ IDNANSLQTGIPSRESGSGSGTDYTLTI ID NO: 127) NO: 138) RDTSKSQVFLKMSSVQTEDTAINO: 73) SSLQPEDVATYFCQQYNSWYTFGA NO: 121) FCTRERGWNYPFITNGYYFDYWGTKLEIK (SEQ ID NO: 90) GQGVMVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 16) C1.835EVQLLESGPGLVQPSQTLSLTCT NNGVS AMSSGGNIYY HRGYYGYNNIQLTQSPSLLSASVGDRVTLSCKGS KGSQNIYNY KINSLQT CQYNNGYTVSGFSLTNINGVSWVRQPPGKGL (SEQ ID NSAFKS (SEQ WGYFDYQNIYNYLAWYQQKLGEAPKLLIYKT LA (SEQ ID (SEQ ID (SEQ IDEWVAAMSSGGNIYYNSAFKSRL NO: 40) ID NO: 53) (SEQ IDNSLQTDIPSRESGSGSGTDYTLTISS NO: 119) NO: 126) NO: 143)SISRHTSKSQVLLKMNSLQTEDT NO: 65) LHSEDLATYYCCQYNNGYTFGAGTAMYFCARHRGYYGYNWGYFDY KLELK (SEQ ID NO: 91) WGQGVMVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 17)C1.841 EVQLLESGPGLVQPSQTLSLTCT NNGVS AMSSGGNIYY HRGYYGYNNIQLTQSPSLLSASVGDSVSLRCKGS KGSQNIYNY KINNLQT CQYNNGYTVSGFSLTNNGVSWVRQPPGKGL (SEQ ID NSAFKS (SEQ  WGYFDYQNIYNYLAWYQQKLGEAPKLLIYKT LA (SEQ ID (SEQ ID (SEQ IDEWVAAMSSGGNIYYNSAFKSRL NO: 40) ID NO: 53) (SEQ IDNNLQTGIPSRESGSGSGTDYTLTISS NO: 119) NO: 132) NO: 143)SISRHTSKSQVLLKMNSLQTEDT NO: 65) LNSEDLATYYCCQYNNGYTFGAGTAMYFCARHRGYYGYNWGYFDY KLELK (SEQ ID NO: 92) WGQGVMVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 17)C1.844 EVQLKESGPGLVQPSQTLSLTCT SNGVI (SEQ AISSGGNIYYN ARGTTTAYVDIVMITQSPSSLAVSAGETVNINCKS KSSQSLLYS WASTRQS QQYYDTLMKVSGFSLTSNGVIWVRQPPGKGL ID NO: 42) SGLKS (SEQ MDA (SEQSQSLLYSVNQKNYLAWYQQKPGQ VNQKNYLA (SEQ ID M (SEQ IDEWIAAISSGGNIVYNSGLKSRLGI ID NO: 56) ID NO: 74) SPKLLIYWASTRQSGVPDRFIGSGS(SEQ ID NO: 130) NO: 146) SRDTSKSQVFLKMNSLQTEDTAIGTDFTLTISSVQAEDLAIYYCQQYY NO: 122) YFCTRARGTTTAYVMDAWGQGDTLMKMFGAGTKLELK (SEQ ID ASVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 18) NO: 93) C1.845EVQLVESGPGLVQPSQTLSLTCT NNGVS AISSGGSIYYN HRGYYGYNNIQLTQSPSLLSASVGDRVTLSCKGS KGSQNINN KINSLQT YQYNDGYTVSGFSLTNINGVSWVRQPPGKGL (SEQ ID LAFKS (SEQ WGYFDYQNINNYLAWYQQKLGEAPKLLIYK YLA (SEQ (SEQ ID (SEQ IDEWIAAISSGGSIYYNLAFKSRLSIS NO: 40) ID NO: 52) (SEQ IDTNSLQTGIPSRFSGSGSGSDYTLTIS ID NO: 126) NO: 141) RNTSKGQVLLKMNSLQTEDTANO: 65) SLHSEDLATYYCYQYNDGYTFGAG NO: 113) MYFCARHRGYYGYNWGYFDYTKLELK (SEQ ID NO: 94) WGQGASVTVSS (SEQ NO: 19) C1.847EVQLKESGPGLVQPSQTLSLTCT NNGVS AISSGGNIYHN HRGYYGYNNIQLTQSPSLLSASVGDRVTLSCKGS KGSQNIYNY KINSLQT CQYNNGYTVSGFSLTNNGVSWVRQPPGKGL (SEQ ID SALKS (SEQ WGYFDYQNIYNYLAWYQQKIGEAPKLLIYKT LA (SEQ ID (SEQ ID (SEQ IDEWIAAISSGGNIYHNSALKSRLSI NO: 40) ID NO: 60) (SEQ IDNSLQTGIPSRFSGSGSGTDYTLTISS NO: 119) NO: 126) NO: 143)SRNTAQSQVLLKMNSLQTEDTA NO: 65) LHSEDLATYYCCQYNNGYTFGAGTMYFCARHRGYYGYNWGYFDY KLELK (SEQ ID NO: 95) WGQGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 20)C1.851 EVQLKESGPGLVQPSQTLSLTCT NNGVS AISSGGNIYYN HRGYYGYNNIQLTQSPSLLSASVGDRVTLSCKGS KGSQNINN KINSLQT CQYNNGYTVSGFSLTNNGVSWIRQPPGKGL (SEQ ID SAFKS (SEQ WGYFDYQNINNYLAWYQQKLGEAPKLLIYK YLA (SEQ (SEQ ID (SEQ IDEWIAAISSGQNIYYNSAFKSRLSIS NO: 40) ID NO: 48) (SEQ IDTNSLQTGIPSRESGSGSGTDYTLTIS ID NO: 126) NO: 143) RNTSKRQVLLKMNSLQTEDTAMNO: 65) SLHSEDLATYYCCQYNNGYTFGAG NO: 113) YFCARHRGYYGYNWGYFDYWGTKLELKR (SEQ ID NO: 96) QGASVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 21) C1.855EVQLKESGPGLVQPSQTLSLTCT SNGVS AISNGGNIYYN HRGYYGYNNIQLTQSPSLLSASVGDRVTLSCKGS KGSQNINN KINSLQT YQYNNGYTVSGFSLTSNGVSWVRQPPGKGL (SEQ ID SAFKS (SEQ WGYFDYQNINNYLGWYQQKLGEAPRLLIYK YEG (SEQ (SEQ ID (SEQ IDEWIAAISNGGNIYYNSAFKSRLSI NO: 38) ID NO: 61) (SEQ IDTNSLQTGIPSRESGSGSGTDYTLTIS ID NO: 126) NO: 142) SRHTSKSQVLLKMNSLQTEDTANO: 65) SLHSEDLATYYCYQYNNGYTFGAG NO: 123) MYFCARHRGYYGYNWGYFDYTKLELK (SEQ ID NO: 97) WGQGASVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 22) C1.861EVQLKESGPGLVQPSQTLSLTCT SNGVT AISSQGNIYYN ARGTTTAYVDVVLTQSPSSLAVSAGETVTINCKS5 KSSQSLLYS WASTRQS QQYYDVLMVSGFSLTSNGVTWVRQPPGKGL (SEQ ID SAVKS (SEQ MDA (SEQQSLLYSGNQKNYLAWYQQKPGQS GNQKNYLA (SEQ ID NM (SEQEWIAAISSGGNIYYNSAVKSRLSI NO: 44) ID NO: 62) ID NO: 74)PKLLIYWASTRQSGVPDRFIGSGSG (SEQ ID NO: 130) ID SRDTSKSQVFLKMNSLQTEDTAITDFTLTISSVQAEDLAIYYCQQYYDV NO: 118) NO: 147) YFCTRARGTTTAYVMDAWGQGLMNMFGAGTKLEIK (SEQ ID ASVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 23) NO: 98) C1.863EVQRKESGPGLVQPSQTLSLTCT NNGVS AISSGGSIYYN HRGYYGYNNIQMTQSPSLLSASVGDRVTLSCKG KGSQNIYNY KISSLQA CQYNNGYTVSGFSLTNNGVSWVRQPPGKGL (SEQ ID SAFKS (SEQ WGYFDYSQNIYNYLAWYQQKLGEAPKLLIYK LA (SEQ ID (SEQ ID (SEQ IDEWIAAISSGGSIYYNSAFKSRLSIS NO: 40) ID NO: 51) (SEQ IDTSSLQAGIPSRFSGSGSDTDYTLTIS NO: 119) NO: 133) NO: 143)RITSKSQVLLKMNSLQTEDTAMY NO: 65) SLHSEDLATYYCCQYNNGYTFGAGFCARHRGYYGYNWGYFDYWG TKLEIK (SEQ ID NO: 99) QGVMVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 8)C1.876 QVQLKESGPGLVQPSQTLSLTCT NNGVS AMSSGGSIYY HRGYYGYNDIQLTQSPSLLSASVGDSVSLRCKGS KGSQNIYNY KINNLQT CQYNNGYTVSGFSLTNINGVSWVRQPPGKGL (SEQ ID NSAFKS (SEQ WGYFDYQNIYNYLAWYQQKLGEAPKLLIYKT LA (SEQ ID (SEQ ID (SEQ IDEWIAAMSSGGSIYYNSAFKSRLSI NO: 40) ID NO: 63) (SEQ IDNNLQTGIPSRFSGSGSGTDYTLTISS NO: 119) NO: 132) NO: 143)SRHTSKSQVLLQMNSLQTEDTA NO: 65) LNSEDLATYYCCQYNNGYTFGAGTMYFCTRHRGYYGYNWGYFDYW KVELK (SEQ ID NO: 100) GQGVMVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 24)C1.877 EVQLTESGPGLVQPSQTLSLTCT SNGVS AISSGGSTYYN HRGYYWSNDIVMTQSPSLLSASVGDRVTLSCKG KGSQNINN ETNSLQT YQYNDGYTVSGFSLTSNGVSWVRQPPGKGL (SEQ ID SAFKS (SEQ WGYFDYSQNINNYLAWYQQKLGEAPKLLIYE YLA (SEQ (SEQ ID (SEQ IDEWIAAISSGGSTYYNSAFKSRLSIS NO: 38) ID NO: 55) (SEQ IDTNSLQTGIPSRESGSGSGTDYTLTLS ID NO: 134) NO: 141) RHTSKSQVLLNMNSLQTEDTAMNO: 71) SLHSEDLATYYCYQYNDGYTFGAG NO: 113) YFCARHRGYYWSNWGYFDYWTKLEIK (SEQ ID NO: 101) GQGVMVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 11) C1.879AEVQLTESGPGLVQPSQTLSLTCT SNGVS AISSGGSTYYN HRGYYWSNDIQLTQSPSLLSASVGDRVTLSCKGS KGSQNINN KINSLQT YQYNNGYTVSGFSLTSNGVSWVRQPPGKGL (SEQ ID SAFKS (SEQ WGYFDYQNINNYLAWYQQKVGEAPKLLIYK YLA (SEQ (SEQ ID (SEQ IDEWIAAISSGGSTYYNSAFKSRLSIS NO: 38) ID NO: 55) (SEQ IDTNSLQTGIPSRFSGSGSGTDYTLTIS ID NO: 126) NO: 142) RHTSKSQVLLNMNSLQTEDTAMNO: 71) SLHSEDLATYYCYQYNNGYTFGAG NO: 113) YFCARHRGYYWSNWGYFDYWTKLELKRADAAPTV (SEQ ID GQGVMVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 11) NO: 102) C1.830B.EVQLQESGPGLVKPSQTLSLTCA NYNVH NWTGGYTDY ERHTMGITKDIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCLA LASEGIFSYL GANSLQA QQSYKFPVT hu11VYGFSLTNYNVHWVRQPPGKGL (SEQ ID NSDEKS (SEQ SWYFDYSEGIFSYLGWYQQKPGKSPKLLIYG G (SEQ ID (2) (SEQ ID Human-EWMGIIWTGGYTDYNSDLKSRL NO: 43) ID NO: 58) (SEQ IDANSLQAGVPSRESGSGSGTDYTLTI NO: 120) NO: 144) izedTISRDTSKNQVSLKLSSVTAADTA NO: 70) SSLQPEDFATYYCQQSYKFPVTFGQVYYCARERHTMIGITKSWYFDYW GTKLEIK (SEQ ID NO: 103)GQGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 26) C1.851. EVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTV NNGVSAISSGGNIYYN HRGYYGYN DIQLTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCKGS KGSQNINN KTNSLQTCQYNNGYT hu11 SGFSLTNNGVSWIRQPPGKGLE (SEQ ID SAFKS (SEQ WGYFDYQNINNYLAWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYK YLA (SEQ (SEQ ID (SEQ ID Human-WIAAISSGGNIYYNSAFKSRLTIS NO: 40) ID NO: 48) (SEQ IDTNSLQTGIPSRFSGSGSGTDYTLTIS ID NO: 126) NO: 143) izedRDTSKNQVSLKLSSVTAADTAVY NO: 65) SLQPEDFATYYCCQYNNGYTFGQG NO: 113)YCARHRGYYGYNWGYFDYWG TKLEIK (SEQ ID NO: 104) QGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 27)C1.851. EVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTV NNGVS AISSGGNIYYN HRGYYGYNDIQLTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCKGS KGSQNINN KINSLQT YQYNNGYT hu12SGFSLTNNGVSWIRQPPGKGLE (SEQ ID SAFKS (SEQ WGYFDYQNINNYLAWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYK YLA (SEQ (SEQ ID (SEQ ID Human-WIAAISSGGNIYYNSAFKSRLTIS NO: 40) ID NO: 48) (SEQ IDTNSLQTGIPSRFSGSGSGTDYTLTIS ID NO: 126) NO: 142) izedRDTSKNQVSLKLSSVTAADTAVY NO: 65) SLQPEDFATYYCYQYNNGYTFGQG NO: 113)YCARHRGYYGYNWGYFDYWG TKLEIK (SEQ ID NO: 105) QGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 27)C1.851. EVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTV NNGVS AISSGGNIYYN HRGYYGYNDIQLTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCKGS KGSQNINN KTNSLQT SQYNINGYT hu13SGFSLTNNGVSWIRQPPGKGLE (SEQ ID SAFKS (SEQ WGYFDYQNINNYLAWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYK YIA (SEQ (SEQ ID (SEQ ID Human-WIAAISSGGNIYYNSAFKSRLTIS NO: 40) ID NO: 48) (SEQ IDTNSLQTGIPSRESGSGSGTDYTLTIS ID NO: 126) NO: 140) izedRDTSKNQVSLKLSSVTAADTAVY NO: 65) SLQPEDFATYYCSQYNNGYTFGQG NO: 113)YCARHRGYYGYNWGYFDYWG TKLEIK (SEQ ID NO: 106) QGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 27)C1.787a. EVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTV SNGVS AISSGGSTYYN HRGYYWSNDIQLTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCKGS KGSQNINN KINSLQT CQYNDGYT hu11SGFSLTSNGVSWVRQPPGKGLE (SEQ ID SAFKS (SEQ WGYFDYQNINNYLAWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYK YLA (SEQ (SEQ ID (SEQ ID Human-WIAAISSGGSTYYNSAFKSRLTIS NO: 38) ID NO: 55) (SEQ IDTNSLQTGIPSRFSGSGSGTDYTLTIS ID NO: 126) NO: 145) izedRQTSKNQVSLKLSSVTAADTAVY NO: 71) SLQPEDFATYYCCQYNDGYTFGQG NO: 113)YCARHRGYYWSNWGYFDYWG TKLEIK (SEQ ID NO: 107) QGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 28)C1.831. EVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTV SNGVS AISSGGNIYYN ERGWNYPFIDIQLTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCKAG KAGQNINN NANSLQT QQYNSWYT hu11SGFSLTSNGVSWVRQPPGKGLE (SEQ ID SVIKS (SEQ TNGYYFDYQNINNYLAWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYN YLA (SEQ (SEQ ID (SEQ ID Human-WIAAISSGGNIYYNSVLKSRLTISR NO: 38) ID NO: 59) (SEQ IDANSLQTGIPSRESGSGSGTDYTLTIS ID NO: 127) NO: 138) izedDISKNQVSLKLSSVTAADTAVYY NO: 73) SLQPEDFATYYCQQYNSWYTFGQ NO: 121)CTRERGWNYPFITNGYYFDYWG GTKLEIK (SEQ ID NO: 108)QGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 29) C1.831. EVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTV SQGVSAISSGGNIYYN ERGWNYPFI DIQLTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCKAG KAGQNINN NANSLQTQQYNSWYT hu41 SGFSLTSQGVSWVRQPPGKGLE (SEQ ID SVLKS (SEQ TSGYYFDYQNINNYLAWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYN YLA (SEQ (SEQ ID (SEQ ID Human-WIAAISSGGNIYYNSVLKSRLTISR NO: 45) ID (SEQ ID ANSLQTGIPSRESGSGSGTDYTLTISID NO: 127) NO: 138) ized DISKNQVSLKLSSVTAADTAVYY NO: 59) NO: 75)SLQPEDFATYYCQQYNSWYTFGQ NO: 121) CTRERGWNYPFITSGYYFDYWGGTKLEIK (SEQ ID NO: 108) QGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 30) C1.844.EVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTV SNGVI (SEQ AISSGGNIYYN ARGTTTAYVDIVMTQSPDSLAVSLGERATINCKS KSSQSLLYS WASTRQS QQYYDTLMK hu11SGFSLTSNGVIWVRQPPGKGLE ID NO: 42) SGLKS (SEQ MDA (SEQSQSLLYSVNQKNYLAWYQQKPGQ VNQKNYLA (SEQ ID M (SEQ ID Human-WIAAISSGGNIVYNSGLKSRLTIS ID NO: 56) ID NO: 74) SPKLLIYWASTRQSGVPDRFSGSGS(SEQ ID NO: 130) NO: 146) ized RDTSKNQVSLKLSSVTAADTAVYGTDFTLTISSLQAEDVAVYYCQQYY NO: 122) YCTRARGTTTAYVMDAWGQGTDTLMKMFGAGTKLELK (SEQ ID LVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 31) NO: 109) C1.844.EVQLVESGGGLIQPGGSLRLSCA SNGVI (SEQ AISSGGNIYYN ARGTTTAYVDIVMTQSPDSLAVSLGERATINCKS KSSQSLLYS WASTRQS QQYYDTLMK hu21VSGFSLTSNGVIWVRQPPGKGL ID NO: 42) SGLKS (SEQ MDA (SEQSQSLLYSVNQKNYLAWYQQKPGQ VNQKNYLA (SEQ ID M (SEQ ID Human-EWIAAISSGGNIYYNSGLKSRLTIS ID NO: 56) ID NO: 74)SPKLLIYWASTRQSGVPQRFSGSGS (SEQ ID NO: 130) NO: 146) izedRDTSKNTVYLQMNSLRAEDTAV GTDFTLTISSLQAEDVAVYYCQQYY NO: 122)YYCTRARGTTTAYVMDAWGQG DTLMKMFGAGTKLELK (SEQ ID TLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 32)NO: 109) C1.861. EVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTV SNGVT AISSGGNIYYN ARGTTTAYVDVQLTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCKSS KSSQSLLYS WASTRQS QQYYDVLM hu11SGFSLTSNGVTWVRQPPGKGLE (SEQ ID SAVKS (SEQ MDA (SEQQSLLYSGNQKNYLAWYQQKPGKS GNQKNYLA (SEQ ID NM (SEQ Human-WIAAISSGGNIYYNSAVKSRLTIS NO: 44) ID NO: 62) ID NO: 74)PKLLIYWASTRQSGVPSRFSGSGSG (SEQ ID NO: 130) ID izedRDTSKNQVSLKLSSVTAADTAVY TDFTLTISSLQPEDVATYYCQQYYD NO: 118) NO: 147)YCTRARGTTTAYVMDAWGQGT VLMNMFGGGTKLEIK (SEQ ID TVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 33)NO: 110) C1.861. EVQLVESGGGLIQPGGSLRLSCA SNGVT AISSGGNIYYN ARGTTTAYVDVQLTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCKSS KSSQSLLYS WASTRQS QQYYDVLM hu21VSGFSLTSNGVTWVRQPPGKGL (SEQ ID SAVKS (SEQ MDA (SEQQSLLYSGNQKNYLAWYQQKPGKS GNQKNYLA (SEQ ID NM (SEQ Human-EWIAAISSGGNIYYNSAVKSRLTI NO: 44) ID NO: 62) ID NO: 74)PKLLIYWASTRQSGVPSRFSGSGSG (SEQ ID NO: 130) ID izedSRDTSKNTVYLQMNSLRAEDTA TDFTLTISSLQPEDVATYYCQQYYD NO: 118) NO: 147)VYFCTRARGTTTAYVMDAWGQ VLMINMFGGGTKLEIK (SEQ ID GTTVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 34)NO: 110) C1.861. EVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTV SSGVT (SEQ AISSGGNIYYNARGTTTAYV DVQLTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCKSS KSSQSLLYS WASTRQS QQYYDVLM hu41SGFSLTSSGVTWVRQPPGKGLE ID NO: 46) SAVKS (SEQ MDA (SEQQSLLYSGNQKNYLAWYQQKPGKS GNQKNYLA (SEQ ID NM (SEQ Human-WIAAISSGGNIYYNSAVKSRLTIS ID NO: 62) ID NO: 74) PKLLIYWASTRQSGVPSRFSGSGSG(SEQ_ID NO: 130) ID ized RDTSKNQVSLKLSSVTAADTAVYTDFTLTISSLQPEDVATYYCQQYYD NO: 118) NO: 147) YCTRARGTTTAYVMDAWGQGTVLMNMFGGGTKLEIK (SEQ ID TVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 35) NO: 110) C1.861.EVQLVESGGGLIQPGGSLRLSCA SSGVT (SEQ AISSGGNIYYN ARGTTTAYVDVQLTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCKSS KSSQSLLYS WASTRQS QQYYDVLM hu61VSGFSLTSSGVTWVRQPPGKGL ID NO: 46) SAVKS (SEQ MDA (SEQQSLLYSGNQKNYLAWYQQKPGKS GNQKNYLA (SEQ ID NM (SEQ Human-EWIAAISSGGNIYYNSAVKSRLTI ID NO: 62) ID NO: 74) PKLLIYWASTRQSGVPSRFSGSGSG(SEQ ID NO: 130) ID ized SRDTSKNTVYLQMNSLRAEDTATDFTLTISSLQPEDVATYYCQQYYD NO: 118) NO: 147) VYFCTRARGTTTAYVMDAWGQVLMINMFGGGTKLEIK (SEQ ID GTTVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 36) NO: 110) C1.851.EVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTV NNGVS AISSGGNIYYN HRGYYGYNDVVMTQTPLSLPVSLGDQASISCRS KGSQNINN KINSLQT YQYNQGYT hu14SGFSLTNNGVSWIRQPPGKGLE (SEQ ID SAFKS (SEQ WGYFDYSQSIVHSNGNTYLEWYLQKPGQSP YLA (SEQ (SEQ ID (SEQ ID Human-WIAAISSGGNIYYNSAFKSRLTIS NO: 40) ID NO: 48) (SEQ IDKLLIYKVSNRFSGVPDRFSGSGTGT ID NO: 126) NO: 148) izedRDTSKNQVSLKLSSVTAADTAVY NO: 65) DFTLKISRVEAEDLGVYYCFQGSHV NO: 113)YCARHRGYYGYNWGYFDYWG PRTFGGGTKLEIK (SEQ ID NO: 76)QGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 27) C1.851. EVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTV NNGVSAISSGGNIYYN HRGYYGYN DVVMTQAPSSLSASLGERISLTCRA KGSQNINN KINSLQT YQYNSGYThu15 SGFSLTNNGVSWIRQPPGKGLE (SEQ ID SAFKS (SEQ WGYFDYSQDIYGSLNWFQQKPDGTIKLLIYG YLA (SEQ (SEQ ID (SEQ ID Human-WIAAISSGGNIYYNSAFKSRLTIS NO: 40) ID NO: 48) (SEQ IDTSSLDSGVPKRFSGSRSGSDYSLTIS ID NO: 126) NO: 149) izedRQTSKNQVSLKLSSVTAADTAVY NO: 65) SLESEDFADYYCLQYASSPYTFGGG NO: 113)YCARHRGYYGYNWGYFDYWG TKLEIK (SEQ ID NO: 77) QGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 27)

The anti-ABCC1 antibodies listed in Table 2 are also referred to asanti-KPC1 antibodies or anti-C1 antibodies and can be referred to by theantibody number listed in Table 2.

In some embodiments, the antibody comprises a VL region and a VH regionthat are present in separate polypeptides; in other embodiments, the VLregion and a VH region are contained within a single polypeptide.

The antibody of the present disclosure may be selected from the groupconsisting of an Ig monomer, a Fab fragment, a F(ab′)₂ fragment, a Fdfragment, a scFv, a scAb, a dAb, and a Fv.

In some embodiments, a subject antibody is a recombinant or modifiedantibody, e.g., a chimeric, humanized, deimmunized or an in vitrogenerated antibody. The term “recombinant” or “modified” antibody asused herein is intended to include all antibodies that are prepared,expressed, created, or isolated by recombinant means, such as (i)antibodies expressed using a recombinant expression vector transfectedinto a host cell; (ii) antibodies isolated from a recombinant,combinatorial antibody library; (iii) antibodies isolated from an animal(e.g. a mouse) that is transgenic for human immunoglobulin genes; or(iv) antibodies prepared, expressed, created, or isolated by any othermeans that involves splicing of human immunoglobulin gene sequences toother DNA sequences. Such recombinant antibodies include humanized, CDRgrafted, chimeric, deimmunized, and in vitro generated antibodies; andcan optionally include constant regions derived from human germlineimmunoglobulin sequences.

As noted above, the subject anti-ABCC1 antibody specifically binds oneor more epitopes of ABCC1. Thus, the epitope is an ABCC1 epitope. Thesize of a ABCC1 epitope bound by anti-ABCC1 antibody may vary, includingwhere the ABCC1 epitope is formed by a polypeptide having a contiguousstretch of an ABCC1 sequence that may range from 3 aa or less to 12 aaor more, including but not limited to e.g., 4 aa, 5 aa, 6 aa, 7 aa, 8aa, 9 aa, 10 aa, 11 aa, 12 aa, 4 aa to 10 aa, 5 aa to 10 aa, 6 as to 10aa, 4 aa to 8 aa, 5 as to 8 aa, 6 as to 8 aa, etc.

In some embodiments, the ABCC1 epitope can be formed by a polypeptidehaving at least about 75%, at least about 80%, at least about 85%, atleast about 90%, at least about 95%, at least about 98%, at least about99%, or 100%, amino acid sequence identity to a contiguous stretch of aABCC1 sequence, including but not limited to e.g., the human ABCC1sequence: MALRGFCSADGSDPLWDWNVTWNTSNPDFTKCFQNTVLVWVPCFYLWACFPFYFLYLSRHDRGYIQMTPLNKTKTALGFLLWIVCWADLFYSFWERSRGIFLAPVFLVSPTLLGITMLLATFLIQLERRKGVQSSGIMLTFWLVALVCALAILRSKIMTALKEDAQVDLFRDITFYVYFSLLLIQLVLSCFSDRSPLFSETIHDPNPCPESSASFLSRITFWWITGLIVRGYRQPLEGSDLWSLNKEDTSEQVVPVLVKNWKKECAKTRKQPVKVVYSSKDPAQPKESSKVDANEEVEALIVKSPQKEWNPSLFKVLYKTFGPYFLMSFFFKAIHDLMMFSGPQILKLLIKFVNDTKAPDWQGYFYTVLLFVTACLQTLVLHQYFHICFVSGMRIKTAVIGAVYRKALVITNSARKSSTVGEIVNLMSVDAQRFMDLATYINMIWSAPLQVILALYLLWLNLGPSVLAGVAVMVLMVPVNAVMAMKTKTYQVAHMKSKDNRIKLMNEILNGIKVLKLYAWELAFKDKVLAIRQEELKVLKKSAYLSAVGTFTWVCTPFLVALCTFAVYVTIDENNILDAQTAFVSLALFNILRFPLNILPMVISSIVQASVSLKRLRIFLSHEELEPDSIERRPVKDGGGTNSITVRNATFTWARSDPPTLNGITFSIPEGALVAVVGQVGCGKSSLLSALLAEMDKVEGHVAIKGSVAYVPQQAWIQNDSLRENILFGCQLEEPYYRSVIQACALLPDLEILPSGDRTEIGEKGVNLSGGQKQRVSLARAVYSNADIYLFDDPLSAVDAHVGKHIFENVIGPKGMLKNKTRILVTHSMSYLPQVDVIIVMSGGKISEMGSYQELLARDGAFAEFLRTYASTEQEQDAEENGVTGVSGPGKEAKQMENGMLVTDSAGKQLQRQLSSSSSYSGDISRHHNSTAELQKAEAKKEETWKLMEADKAQTGQVKLSVYWDYMKAIGLFISFLSIFLFMCNHVSALASNYWLSLWTDDPIVNGTQEHTKVRLSVYGALGISQGIAVFGYSMAVSIGGILASRCLHVDLLHSILRSPMSFFERTPSGNLVNRFSKELDTVDSMIPEVIKMFMGSLFNVIGACIVILLATPIAAIIIPPLGLIYFFVQRFYVASSRQLKRLESVSRSPVYSHFNETLLGVSVIRAFEEQERFIHQSDLKVDENQKAYYPSIVANRWLAVRLECVGNCIVLFAALFAVISRHSLSAGLVGLSVSYSLQVTTYLNWLVRMSSEMETNIVAVERLKEYSETEKEAPWQIQETAPPSSWPQVGRVEFRNYCLRYREDLDFVLRHINVTINGGEKVGIVGRTGAGKSSLTLGLFRINESAEGEIIIDGINIAKIGLHDLRFKITIIPQDPVLFSGSLRMNLDPFSQYSDEEVWTSLELAHLKDFVSALPDKLDHECAEGGENLSVGQRQLVCLARALLRKTKILVLDEATAAVDLETDDLIQSTIRTQFEDCTVLTIAHRLNTIMDYTRVIVLDKGEIQEYGAPSDLLQQRGLFYSMAKDAGLV (SEQ ID NO:150), or anextracellular region thereof, e.g., Loop 1 (amino acids 1-33):MALRGFCSADGSDPLWDWNVTWNTSNPDFTKCF (SEQ ID NO:151); Loop 2 (amino acids96-100): RSRGI (SEQ ID NO:152); Loop 3 (amino acids 155-172):SKIMTALKEDAQVDLFRD (SEQ ID NO:153); Loop 4 (amino acids 338-363):MMFSGPQILKLLIKFVNDTKAPDWQG (SEQ ID NO:154): Loop 5 (amino acids462-464): LGP; Loop 6 (amino acids 569-490): VTIDENNILDAQTAFVSLALFN (SEQID NO:155); Loop 7 (amino acids 989-1025):ALASNYWLSLWTDDPIVNGTQEHTKVRLSVYGALGIS (SEQ ID NO:156); Loop 8 (aminoacid 1111): A; Loop 9 (amino acids 1225-1226): LS; or a fragment ofhuman ABCC1, e.g., a fragment comprising amino acid residues 204-1531:MDPNPCPESSASFLSRITFWWITGLIVRGYRQPLEGSDLWSLNKEDTSEQVVPVLVKNWKKECAKTRKQPVKVVYSSKDPAQPKESSKVDANEEVEALIVKSPQKEWNPSLFKVLYKTFGPYFLMSFFFKAIHDLMMFSGPQILKLLIKFVNDTKAPDWQGYFYTVLLFVTACLQTLVLHQYFHICFVSGMRIKTAVIGAVYRKALVITNSARKSSTVGEIVNLMSVDAQRFMDLATYINMIWSAPLQVILALYLLWLNLGPSVLAGVAVMVLMVPVNAVMAMKTKTYQVAHMKSKDNRIKLMNEILNGIKVLKLYAWELAFKDKVLAIRQEELKVLKKSAYLSAVGTFTWVCTPFLVALCTFAVYVTIDENNILDAQTAFVSLALFNILRFPLNILPMVISSIVQASVSLKRLRIFLSHEELEPDSIERRPVKDGGGTNSITVRNATFTWARSDPPTLNGITFSIPEGALVAWGQVGCGKSSLLSALLAEMDKVEGHVAIKGSVAYVPQQAWIQNDSLRENILFGCQLEEPYYRSVIQACALLPDLEILPSGDRTEIGEKGVNLSGGOKQRVSLARAVYSNADIYLFDDPLSAVDAHVGKHIFENVIGPKGMLKNKTRILVTHSMSYLPQVDVIIVMSGGKISEMGSYQELLARDGAFAEFLRTYASTEQEQDAEENGVTGVSGPGKEAKQMENGMLVTDSAGKQLQRQLSSSSSYSGDISRHHNSTAELQKAEAKKEETWKLMEADKAQTGQVKLSVYWDYMKAIGLFISFLSIFLFMCNHVSALASNYWLSLWTDDPIVNGTQEHTKVRLSVYGALGISQGIAVFGYSMAVSIGGILASRCLHVDLLHSILRSPMSFFERTPSGNLVNRFSKELDTVDSMIPEVIKMFMGSLFNVIGACIVILLATPIAAIIIPPLGLIYFFVQRFYVASSRQLKRLESVSRSPVYSHFNETLLGVSVIRAFEEQERFIHQSDLKVDENQKAYYPSIVANRWLAVRLECVGNCIVLFAALFAVISRHSLSAGLVGLSVSYSLQVTTYLNWLVRMSSEMETNIVAVERLKEYSETEKEAPWQIQETAPPSSWPQVGRVEFRNYCLRYREDLDFVLRHINVTINGGEKVGIVGRTGAGKSSLTLGLFRINESAEGEIIIDGINIAKIGLHDLRFKITIIPQDPVLFSGSLRMNLDPFSQYSDEEVWTSLELAHLKDFVSALPDKLDHECAEGGENLSVGQRQLVCLARALLRKTKILVLDEATAAVDLETDDLIQSTIRTQFEDCTVLTIAHRLNTIMDYTRVIVLDKGEIQEYGAPSDLLQQRGLFYSMAKDAGLV (SEQ ID NO:157); or a cynomolgusmonkey ABCC1 sequence:MALRGFCSADGSDPLWDWNVTWYTSNPDFTKCFQNTVLVWVPCFYLWACFPFYFLYLSRHDRGYIQMTLLNKTKTALGFLLWIVCWADLFYSFWERSRGIFLAPVFLVSPTLLGITMLLATFLIQLERRKGVQSSGIMLTFWLVALLCALAILRSKIMTALKEDVQVDLFRDMTFYVYFSLVLIQLVLSCFSDRSPLFSETIHDPNPCPESSASFLSRITFWWITGLIVRGYRQPLEGSDLWSLNKEDTSEQVVPVLVKNWKKECAKTRKQPVKVVYSSKDPAQPKDSSKVDANEEVEALIVKSPQKEWNPSLFKVLYKTFGPYFLMSFFFKAIHDLMMFSGPEILKLLINFVNDTKAPDWQGYFYTALLFVAACLQTLVLHQYFHICFVSGMRIKTAVIGAVYRKALVITNAARKSSTVGEIVNLMSVDAQRFMDLATYINMIWSAPLQVILALYLLWRNLGPPILAGVAVMVLMVPVNAVMAMKTKTYQVAHMKSKDNRIKLMNEILNGIKVLKLYAWELAFKDKVLAIRQEELKVLKKSAYLAAVGTFTWVCTPFLVALCTFAVYVTIDKNNVLDAQKAFVSLALFNILRFPLNILPMVISSIVQASVSLKRLRIFLSHEELEPDSIERRPVKDGGDTNSITVRNATFTWARSDPPTLNGITFSIPEGALVAWGQVGCGKSSLLSALLAEMDKVEGHVALKGSVAYVPQQAWIQNDSLQENILFGCQLEEPYYRSVIQACALLPDLEILPSGDRTEIGEKGVNLSGGQKQRVSLARAVYCNADIYLFDDPLSAVDAHVGKHIFENVIGPKGMLKNKTRILVTHSMSYLPQVDVIIVMSGGKISEMGSYQELLARDGAFAEFLRTYASAEQEQDPEDNGVTGVSGPGKEAKQMENGMLVTDSAGKQLQRQLSSSSSYSGDVSRQHNSTAELQKDGAKKEETWKLMEADKAQTGQVKLSVYWDYMKAIGLFISFLSIFLFICNHVAALASNYWLSLWTDDPIVNGTQEHTKVRLSVYGALGISQGIAVFGYSMAVSIGGILASRCLHVDLLHSILRSPMSFFERTPSGNLVNRFSKELDTVDSMIPEVIKMFMGSLFNVIGACIVILLATPIAAIIIPPLGLIYFFVQRFYVASSRQLKRLESVSRSPVYSHFNETLLGVSVIRAFEEQERFIHQSDLKVDENQKAYYPSIVANRWLAVRLECVGNCIVLFAALFAVISRHSLSAGLVGLSVSYSLQVTYLNWLVRMSSEMETNIVAVERLKEYSETEKEAPWQIQETAPPSNWPQVGRVEFRNYCLRYREDLDFVLRHINVTINGGEKVGIVGRTGAGKSSLTLGLFRINESAEGEIIIDGINIARIGLHDLRFKITIIPDPVLFSGSLRMNLDPFSQYSDEEAWTSLELAHLKGFVSALPDKLDHECAEGGENLSVGQRLVCLARALLRKTKILVLDEATVDLETDDLIQSTIRTQFEDCTVLTIAHRLNTIMDYTRVIVLDKGEIQEYGAPSDLLQQRGLFYNMARDAGLV (SEQ ID NO:158) anextracellular region thereof; or a fragment of cynomolgus monkey ABCC1,e.g., a fragment comprising amino acid residues 204-1531:

(SEQ ID NO: 159)MDPNPCPESSASFLSRITFWWITGLIVRGYROPLEGSDLWSLNKEDTSEQVVPVLVKNWKKECAKTRKQPVKVVYSSKDPAQPKDSSKVDANEEVEALIVKSPQKEWNPSLFKVLYKTFGPYFLMSFFFKAIHDLMMFSGPEILKLLINFVNDTKAPDWQGYFYTALLFVAACLQTLVLHQYFHICFVSGMRIKTAVIGAVYRKALVITNAARKSSTVGEIVNLMSVDAQRFMDLATYINMIWSAPLQVILALYLLWRNLGPPILAGVAVMVLMVPVNAVMAMKTKTYQVAHMKSKONRIKLMNEILNGIKVLKLYAWELAFKDKVLAIRQEELKVLKKSAYLAAVGTFTWVCTPFLVALCTFAVYVTIDKNNVLDAQKAFVSLALFNILRFPLNILPMVISSIVQASVSLKRLRIFLSHEELEPDSIERRPVKDGGDTNSITVRNATFTWARSDPPTLNGITFSIPEGALVAVVGQVGCGKSSLLSALLAEMDKVEGHVALKGSVAYVPQQAWIQNDSLOENILFGCOLEEPYYRSVIQACALLPDLEILPSGDRTEIGEKGVNLSGGQKORVSLARAVYCNADIYLFDDPLSAVDAHVGKHIFENVIGPKGMLKNKTRILVTHSMSYLPQVDVIIVMSGGKISEMGSYQELLARDGAFAEFLRTYASAEQEQDPEDNGVTGVSGPGKEAKQMENGMLVTDSAGKQLQRQLSSSSSYSGDVSRQHNSTAELQKDGAKKEETWKLMEADKAQTGQVKLSVYWDYMKAIGLFISFLSIFLFICNHVAALASNYWLSLWTDDPIVNGTQEHTKVRLSVYGALGISQGIAVFGYSMAVSIGGILASRCLHVDLLHSILRSPMSFFERTPSGNLVNRFSKELDTVDSMIPEVIKMFMGSLFNVIGACIVILLATPIAAIIIPPLGLIYFFVQRFYVASSRQLKRLESVSRSPVYSHFNETLLGVSVIRAFEEQERFIHQSDLKVDENQKAYYPSIVANRWLAVRLECVGNCIVLFAALFAVISRHSLSAGLVGLSVSYSLQVTTYLNWLVRMSSEMETNIVAVERLKEYSETEKEAPWQIQETAPPSNWPQVGRVEFRNYCLRYREDLDFVLRHINVTINGGEKVGIVGRTGAGKSSLTLGLFRINESAEGEIIIDGINIARIGLHDLRFKITIIPQDPVLFSGSLRMNLDPFSQYSDEEVWTSLELAHLKGFVSALPDKLDHECAEGGENLSVGQRQLVCLARALLRKTKILVLDEATAAVDLETDDLIQSTIRTQFEDCTVLTIAHRLNTIMDYTRVIVLDKGEIQEYGAPSDLLQQRGLFYNMARDAGLV

A subject anti-ABCC1 antibody exhibits high affinity binding to ABCC1.For example, a subject anti-ABCC1 antibody binds to a human ABCC1 withan affinity of at least about 10⁻⁷ M, at least about 10⁻⁸ M, at leastabout 10⁻⁹ M, at least about 10⁻¹⁰ M, at least about 10⁻¹¹ M, or atleast about 10⁻¹² M, or greater than 10⁻¹² M. A subject anti-ABCC1antibody binds to an epitope present on ABCC1 with an affinity of fromabout 10⁻⁷ M to about 10⁻⁸ M, from about 10⁻⁸ M to about 10⁻⁹ M, fromabout 10⁻⁹ M to about 10⁻¹⁰ M, from about 10⁻¹⁰ M to about 10⁻¹¹ M. orfrom about 10⁻¹¹ M to about 10⁻¹² M, or greater than 10⁻¹² M.

A subject anti-ABCC1 antibody exhibits substantially no binding to anyepitopes formed by amino acids within other related, but sequencedissimilar, proteins such as related but sequence dissimilar EPs. Anybinding of a subject anti-ABCC1 antibody to an epitope formed by aminoacids within a related, but sequence dissimilar, protein is generallynon-specific binding of a substantially lower affinity than the specificbinding of the anti-ABCC1 antibody to the epitope on ABCC1. Asubstantially lower affinity is generally at least a 2 fold, 3 fold, 5fold, 10 fold, 50 fold, 100 fold, 500 fold, or 1000 fold lower affinity.

A subject anti-ABCC1 antibody can reduce transport of molecules throughan ABCC1 transporter, e.g., a human ABCC1. For example, a subjectanti-ABCC1 antibody can reduce transport by at least about 5%, at leastabout 10%, at least about 15%, at least about 20%, at least about 25%,at least about 30%, at least about 40%, at least about 50%, at leastabout 60%, at least about 70%, at least about 80%, at least about 90%,or more, compared to the degree of transport in the absence of theanti-ABCC1 antibody.

In some embodiments, a subject antibody comprises FR regions that aremammalian sequences, including e.g., rodent, non-human primate, andhuman sequences (e.g., encoded by the respective heavy chain FR-encodingsequences).

A subject antibody can comprise a heavy chain variable (VH) regioncomprising an amino acid sequence that is 85%, 88%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%,91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or more, including 100%,identical to a sequence for a VH region of a VH-VL pair of an antibodyset forth in Table 2. The subject antibody can comprise a light chainvariable (VL) region comprising an amino acid sequence that is 85%, 86%,87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, ormore, including 100%, identical to a sequence for a VL of the VH-VLregion pair of the antibody set forth in Table 2.

In one aspect, the antibody molecule comprises the HCDRs 1-3 and/orLCDRs 1-3 of one of the C1.844 antibody, the C1.851 antibody, the C1.831antibody, or the C1.861 antibody listed in Table 2.

In one aspect, the antibody molecule comprises the HCDRs 1-3 and/orLCDRs 1-3 of one of the C1.773 antibody, the C1.773a antibody, theC1.777a antibody, the C1.784a antibody, the C1.786a antibody, theC1.787a antibody, the C1.827 antibody, the C1.830B antibody, the C1.831antibody, the C1.835 antibody, the C1.841 antibody, the C1.844 antibody,the C1.845 antibody, the C1.847 antibody, the C1.851 antibody, theC1.855 antibody, the C1.861 antibody, the C1.863 antibody, the C1.876antibody, the C1.877 antibody, or the C1.879A antibody listed in Table2.

In certain embodiments, the antibodies of the present disclosure maylower the IC50 of the chemotherapeutic agent (e.g., vincristine) byfactor of 5 or more, e.g., factor of 6 or more, factor of 7 or more,factor of 8 or more, factor of 9 or more, factor of 10 or more, orfactor of 20 or more, e.g., by a factor of 5 to 50. In one aspect, theantibody molecule may lower the IC50 of the chemotherapeutic agent(e.g., vincristine) by factor of 5 or more and may comprises the HCDRs1-3 and/or LCDRs 1-3 of the C1.851 antibody, the C1.841 antibody, theC1.861 antibody, the C1.831 antibody, C1.786a the antibody, the C1.787aantibody, or the C1.777 antibody, listed in Table 2.

Regions and/or chains of the subject antibodies may or may not be joinedby one or more linker regions. Where present, the linker region can befrom about 5 amino acids to about 50 amino acids in length, e.g., fromabout 5 aa to about 10 aa, from about 10 aa to about 15 aa, from about15 aa to about 20 aa, from about 20 aa to about 25 aa, from about 25 aato about 30 aa, from about 30 as to about 35 aa, from about 35 as toabout 40 aa, from about 40 aa to about 45 aa, or from about 45 aa toabout 50 aa in length.

Linkers suitable for use a subject antibody include “flexible linkers”.If present, the linker molecules are generally of sufficient length topermit some flexible movement between linked regions. The linkermolecules are generally about 6-50 atoms long. The linker molecules mayalso be, for example, aryl acetylene, ethylene glycol oligomerscontaining 2-10 monomer units, diamines, diacids, amino acids, orcombinations thereof. Other linker molecules which can bind topolypeptides may be used in light of this disclosure.

Suitable linkers can be readily selected and can be of any of a suitableof different lengths, such as from 1 amino acid (e.g., Gly) to 20 aminoacids, from 2 amino acids to 15 amino acids, from 3 amino acids to 12amino acids, including 4 amino acids to 10 amino acids, 5 amino acids to9 amino acids, 6 amino acids to 8 amino acids, or 7 amino acids to 8amino acids, and may be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 amino acids.

Exemplary flexible linkers include glycine polymers (G)_(n),glycine-serine polymers (including, for example, (GS)_(n), GSGGS_(n)(SEQ ID NO:160) and GGGS_(n) (SEQ ID NO:161), where n is an integer ofat least one), glycine-alanine polymers, alanine-serine polymers, andother flexible linkers known in the art. Glycine and glycine-serinepolymers are of interest since both of these amino acids are relativelyunstructured, and therefore may serve as a neutral tether betweencomponents. Glycine polymers are of particular interest since glycineaccesses significantly more phi-psi space than even alanine, and is muchless restricted than residues with longer side chains (see Scheraga,Rev. Computational Chem. 11173-142 (1992)). Exemplary flexible linkersinclude, but are not limited to GGSG (SEQ ID NO:162), GGSGG (SEQ IDNO:163), GSGSG (SEQ ID NO:164), GSGGG (SEQ ID NO:165), GGGSG (SEQ IDNO:166), GSSSG (SEQ ID NO:167), and the like. The ordinarily skilledartisan will recognize that design of a peptide conjugated to anyelements described above can include linkers that are all or partiallyflexible, such that the linker can include a flexible linker as well asone or more portions that confer less flexible structure.

In other instances, the flexibility of the hinge region of an antibodyof the present disclosure may be reduced by either mutating amino acidC220 to serine or any other natural amino acid, by removing C220, byremoving the complete hinge, or by replacing the IgG1 hinge with an IgG3hinge, an antibody is formed in which the light chains are connected viatheir C-terminal cysteines, analogous to the situation found in thehuman isotype IgA2m. This results in a reduced flexibility of the Fabsrelative to the Fc and consequently reduced cross-linking capacity.Another strategy to reduce the flexibility of an IgG1 molecule is toreplace the IgG1 hinge with the IgG2 hinge or IgG2-like hinge.Alternatively, a variant of the IgG1 hinge that resembles the IgG2 hingecan be introduced. This mutant (TH7 Δ6-9) contains mutation T223C andtwo deletions (K222 and T225) in order to create a shorter hinge with anadditional cysteine.

The substitution of mouse CDRs into a human variable domain frameworkcan result in retention of their correct spatial orientation where,e.g., the human variable domain framework adopts the same or similarconformation to the mouse variable framework from which the CDRsoriginated. This can be achieved by obtaining the human variable domainsfrom human antibodies whose framework sequences exhibit a high degree ofsequence identity with the murine variable framework domains from whichthe CDRs were derived. The heavy and light chain variable frameworkregions can be derived from the same or different human antibodysequences. The human antibody sequences can be the sequences ofnaturally occurring human antibodies or can be consensus sequences ofseveral human antibodies. See Kettleborough et al., Protein Engineering4:773 (1991); Kolbinger et al., Protein Engineering 6:971 (1993).

Having identified the complementarity determining regions of the murinedonor immunoglobulin and appropriate human acceptor immunoglobulins, thenext step is to determine which, if any, residues from these componentsshould be substituted to optimize the properties of the resultinghumanized antibody. In general, substitution of human amino acidresidues with murine should be minimized, because introduction of murineresidues increases the risk of the antibody eliciting ahuman-anti-mouse-antibody (HAMA) response in humans. Art-recognizedmethods of determining immune response can be performed to monitor aHAMA response in a particular patient or during clinical trials.Patients administered humanized antibodies can be given animmunogenicity assessment at the beginning and throughout theadministration of said therapy. The HAMA response is measured, forexample, by detecting antibodies to the humanized therapeutic reagent,in serum samples from the patient using a method known to one in theart, including surface plasmon resonance technology (BIACORE) and/orsolid-phase ELISA analysis. In many embodiments, a subject humanizedantibody does not substantially elicit a HAMA response in a humansubject.

Certain amino acids from the human variable region framework residuesare selected for substitution based on their possible influence on CDRconformation and/or binding to antigen. The unnatural juxtaposition ofmurine CDR regions with human variable framework region can result inconformational restraints, which, unless corrected by substitution ofcertain amino acid residues, lead to loss of binding affinity.

The selection of amino acid residues for substitution can be determined,in part, by computer modeling. Computer hardware and software forproducing three-dimensional images of immunoglobulin molecules are knownin the art. In general, molecular models are produced starting fromsolved structures for immunoglobulin chains or domains thereof. Thechains to be modeled are compared for amino acid sequence similaritywith chains or domains of solved three-dimensional structures, and thechains or domains showing the greatest sequence similarity is/areselected as starting points for construction of the molecular model.Chains or domains sharing at least 50% sequence identity are selectedfor modeling, and preferably those sharing at least 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%sequence identity or more are selected for modeling. The solved startingstructures are modified to allow for differences between the actualamino acids in the immunoglobulin chains or domains being modeled, andthose in the starting structure. The modified structures are thenassembled into a composite immunoglobulin. Finally, the model is refinedby energy minimization and by verifying that all atoms are withinappropriate distances from one another and that bond lengths and anglesare within chemically acceptable limits.

In some embodiments, a subject antibody comprises scFv multimers. Forexample, in some embodiments, a subject antibody is an scFv dimer (e.g.,comprises two tandem scFv (scFv₂)), an scFv trimer (e.g., comprisesthree tandem scFv (scFv₃)), an scFv tetramer (e.g., comprises fourtandem scFv (scFv₄)), or is a multimer of more than four scFv (e.g., intandem). The scFv monomers can be linked in tandem via linkers of fromabout 2 amino acids to about 15 amino acids in length, e.g., 2 aa, 3 aa,4 aa, 5 aa, 6 aa, 7 aa, 8 aa, 9 aa, 10 aa, 11 aa, 12 aa, 13 aa, 14 aa,or 15 as in length. Suitable linkers include, e.g., (Gly) (SEQ IDNO:168), where x is an integer from 2 to 15. Other suitable linkers arethose discussed above. In some embodiments, each of the scFv monomers ina subject scFV multimer is humanized, as described above. In certainembodiments, a bispecific antibody may be in any molecular format knownin the literature.

For example, a bispecific antibody of the present disclosure may have amolecular format described in Spiess C. et al., Mol Immunol. 2015October; 67(2 Pt A):95-106.

In some embodiments, a subject antibody comprises a constant region ofan immunoglobulin (e.g., an Fc region). The Fc region, if present, canbe a human Fc region. If constant regions are present, the antibody cancontain both light chain and heavy chain constant regions. Suitableheavy chain constant region include CH1, hinge, CH2, CH3, and CH4regions. The antibodies described herein include antibodies having alltypes of constant regions, including IgM, IgG, IgD, IgA and IgE, and anyisotype, including IgG1, IgG2, IgG3 and IgG4. An example of a suitableheavy chain Fc region is a human isotype IgG1 Fc. Light chain constantregions can be lambda or kappa. A subject antibody (e.g., a subjecthumanized antibody) can comprise sequences from more than one class orisotype. Antibodies can be expressed as tetramers containing two lightand two heavy chains, as separate heavy chains, light chains, as Fab,Fab′ F(ab′)2, and Fv, or as single chain antibodies in which heavy andlight chain variable domains are linked through a spacer.

In some embodiments, a subject antibody comprises a free thiol (—SH)group at the carboxyl terminus, where the free thiol group can be usedto attach the antibody to a second polypeptide (e.g., another antibody,including a subject antibody), a scaffold, a carrier, etc.

A subject antibody can be covalently linked to a second moiety (e.g., alipid, a polypeptide other than a subject antibody, a synthetic polymer,a carbohydrate, a toxin and the like) using for example, glutaraldehyde,a homobifunctional cross-linker, or a heterobifunctional cross-linker.Glutaraldehyde cross-links polypeptides via their amino moieties.Homobifunctional cross-linkers (e.g., a homobifunctional imidoester, ahomobifunctional N-hydroxysuccinimidyl (NHS) ester, or ahomobifunctional sulfhydryl reactive cross-linker) contain two or moreidentical reactive moieties and can be used in a one-step reactionprocedure in which the cross-linker is added to a solution containing amixture of the polypeptides to be linked. Homobifunctional NHS ester andimido esters cross-link amine containing polypeptides. In a mildalkaline pH, imido esters react only with primary amines to formimidoamides, and overall charge of the cross-linked polypeptides is notaffected. Homobifunctional sulfhydryl reactive cross-linkers includesbismaleimidohexane (BMH), 1,5-difluoro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (DFDNB), and1,4-Bis[3-(2-pyridyldithio)propionamido]butane (DPDPB).

Bispecific Antibodies

In certain aspects, the antibodies provided herein may be bispecificantibodies comprising a VH region and a VL region of an anti-ABCC1antibody as set forth in the preceding section, and further comprises asecond VH region comprising HCDRs1-3 of an antibody that binds to atumor associated antigen (TAA).

The antibody may include a second VL region and wherein the second VHregion and the second VL region bind to the TAA. In certain embodiments,the second VH region and the second VL region may be present in a singlepolypeptide. In certain embodiments, the second VH region and the secondVL region are present in a scFv.

In certain embodiments, the bispecific antibody comprises a common lightchain, wherein the common light chain comprises a VL region of ananti-ABCC1 antibody as set forth in the preceding section.

The TAA may be any antigen that is known to be overexpressed in cancercells. For example, the TAA may be an antigen that is not expressed atdetectable levels in a normal cell and is expressed in cancer cells,where the normal and cancer cells are the same cell type, e.g.,epithelial cells. For example, TAAs may be neoantigens that are a classof tumor antigens that arise from a tumor-specific mutation(s) whichalters the amino acid sequence of encoded proteins as compared to theamino acid sequence of the unmutated protein. In other aspects, a TAA isan antigen that Is expressed in normal cells but is expressed at higherlevels in cancer cells.

In certain embodiments, the TAA may be PD-L1. PD-L1 is also known ascluster of differentiation 274 (CD274) or B7 homolog 1 (87-H1). Incertain embodiments, the antibody that binds to PD-L1 may beatezolizumab.

In certain embodiments, the bispecific antibody may include a VH regioncomprising HCDRs1-3 and a VL region comprising LCDRs1-3 of the VH regionand VL region, respectively, of the C1.844 antibody or the C1.851antibody as listed in Table 2 and a second VH region and a second VLregion comprising HCDRs1-3 and LCDRs1-3, respectively, of atezolizumab.In certain embodiments, the HCDRs1-3 and LCDRs1-3 are defined as perKabat nomenclature.

In certain embodiments, the bispecific antibody comprises: a VH regionand a VL region of the C1.844 antibody or the C1.851 antibody listed inTable 2 and a scFv comprising HCDRs1-3 and LCDRs1-3 of atezolizumab,where the HCDRs1-3 and LCDRs1-3 are defined as per Kabat nomenclature.

In certain embodiments, the bispecific antibody may include a VH regioncomprising HCDRs1-3 and a VL region comprising LCDRs1-3 of the VH regionand VL region, respectively, of the C1.844hu21 antibody or theC1.851hu12 antibody as listed in Table 2 and a second VH region and asecond VL region comprising HCDRs1-3 and LCDRs1-3, respectively, ofatezolizumab. In certain embodiments, the HCDRs1-3 and LCDRs1-3 aredefined as per Kabat nomenclature.

In certain embodiments, the bispecific antibody comprises: a VH regionand a VL region of the C1.844hu21 antibody or the C1.851hu12 antibodylisted in Table 2 and a scFv comprising HCDRs1-3 and LCDRs1-3 ofatezolizumab, where the HCDRs1-3 and LCDRs1-3 are defined as per Kabatnomenclature.

In certain embodiments, the HCDRs1-3 present in the second VH region orthe scFv region of the bispecific antibody are the HCDRs1-3 ofatezolizumab, where the HCDR1 comprises the sequence DSWIH (SEQ IDNO:25), the HCDR2 comprises the sequence WISPYGGSTYYADSVKG (SEQ IDNO:169), and the HCDR3 comprises the sequence RHWPGGFDY (SEQ ID NO:170).In certain embodiments, the bispecific antibody that binds to ABCC1 andPD-L1 may further include a second VL region that includes the LCDRs1-3of atezolizumab, where the LCDR1 comprises the sequence RASQDVSTAVA (SEQID NO:171), the LCDR2 comprises the sequence SASFLYS (SEQ ID NO:172),and the LCDR3 comprises the sequence QQYLYHPAT (SEQ ID NO:173). Incertain embodiments, the LCDRs1-3 present in the scFv region include theLCDRs1-3 of atezolizumab, defined as per Kabat nomenclature.

In certain embodiments, the bispecific antibody that binds to ABCC1 andPD-L1 comprises a second VH region comprising an amino acid sequence atleast 80%, at least 90%, at least 95%, or a 100% identical to the aminoacid sequence of the VH region of atezolizumab as set forth below:

(SEQ ID NO: 174) EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASGFTFSDSWIHWVRQAPGKGLEWVAWISPYGGSTYYADSVKGRFTISADTSKNTAYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCAR RHWPGGFDYWGQGTLVTVSS

In certain embodiments, the bispecific antibody that binds to ABCC1 andPD-L1 comprises a second VL region comprising an amino acid sequence atleast 80%, at least 90%, at least 95%, or a 100% identical to the aminoacid sequence of the VL region of atezolizumab as set forth below:

(SEQ ID NO: 175) DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASQDVSTAVAWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYSASFLYSGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYCQQYLYHPATF GQGTKVEIK

In certain embodiments, the bispecific antibody that binds to ABCC1 andPD-1 comprises a scFv region that binds to PD-L1 and comprises an aminoacid sequence at least 80%, at least 90%, at least 95%, or a 100%identical to the amino acid sequence set forth below:

(SEQ ID NO: 176) EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASGFTFSDSWIHWVRQAPGKGLEWVAWISPYGGSTYYADSVKGRFTISADTSKNTAYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCARRHWPGGFDYWGQGTLVTVSSGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSDIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASQDVSTAVAWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYSASFLYSGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYCQQYLYHPATFGQGTKVEIK.

The italicized sequence is a linker sequence between the VH and VLregions. Any other linker sequence may be used to connect the VH and VLregions.

In certain embodiments, the TAA is ErbB2 (HER2). ErbB2 is also known asReceptor Tyrosine Kinase 2 or HER2. In certain embodiments, the antibodythat binds to ErbB2 is trastuzumab.

In certain embodiments, the bispecific antibody comprises: a VH regioncomprising HCDRs1-3 and a VL region comprising LCDRs1-3 of the VH regionand VL region, respectively, of the C1.844 antibody, the C1.831antibody, or the C1.851 antibody listed in Table 2 and a second VHregion and a second VL region comprising HCDRs1-3 and LCDRs1-3,respectively, of trastuzumab. In certain embodiments, the HCDRs1-3 andLCDRs1-3 are defined as per Kabat nomenclature.

In certain embodiments, the bispecific antibody comprises: a VH regioncomprising HCDRs1-3 and a VL region comprising LCDRs1-3 of the VH regionand VL region, respectively, of the C1.844 antibody, the C1.831antibody, or the C1.851 antibody listed in Table 2 and a scFv comprisingHCDRs1-3 and LCDRs1-3 of trastuzumab.

In certain embodiments, the bispecific antibody comprises: a VH regionand a VL region of the C1.844hu21 antibody, the C1.831hu11 antibody, orthe C1.851hu12 antibody and a scFv comprising HCDRs1-3 and LCDRs1-3 oftrastuzumab, where the HCDRs1-3 and LCDRs1-3 are defined as per Kabatnomenclature.

In certain embodiments, the HCDRs1-3 present in the second VH region orthe scFv region of the bispecific antibody are the HCDRs1-3 oftrastuzumab, where the HCDR1 comprises the sequence DTYIH (SEQ IDNO:177), the HCDR2 comprises the sequence RIYPTNGYTRYADSVKG (SEQ IDNO:178), and the HCDR3 comprises the sequence WGGDGFYAMDY (SEQ IDNO:179). In certain embodiments, the bispecific antibody that binds toABCC1 and HER2 may further include a second VL region that includes theLCDRs1-3 of trastuzumab, where the LCDR1 comprises the sequenceRASQDVNTAVA (SEQ ID NO:180), the LCDR2 comprises the sequence SASFLYS(SEQ ID NO:172), and the LCDR3 comprises the sequence QQHYTTPPT (SEQ IDNO:181). In certain embodiments, the LCDRs1-3 present in the scFv regioninclude the LCDRs1-3 of trastuzumab, defined as per Kabat nomenclature.

In certain embodiments, the bispecific antibody that binds to ABCC1 andHER2 comprises a second VH region comprising an amino acid sequence atleast 80%, at least 90%, at least 95%, or a 100% identical to the aminoacid sequence of the VH region of trastuzumab as set forth below:

(SEQ ID NO: 182) EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASGFNIKDTYIHWVRQAPGKGLEWVARIYPTNGYTRYADSVKGRFTISADTSKNTAYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCSRWGGDGFYAMDYWGQGTLVTVSS.

In certain embodiments, the bispecific antibody that binds to ABCC1 andHER2 comprises a second VL region comprising an amino acid sequence atleast 80%, at least 90%, at least 95%, or a 100% identical to the aminoacid sequence of the VL region of trastuzumab as set forth below:

(SEQ ID NO: 183) DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASQDVNTAVAWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYSASFLYSGVPSRFSGSRSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYCQQHYTTPPTF GQGTKVEIK.

In certain embodiments, the bispecific antibody that binds to ABCC1 andHER2 comprises a scFv region that binds to HER2 and comprises an aminoacid sequence at least 80%, at least 90%, at least 95%, or a 100%identical to the amino acid sequence set forth below:

(SEQ ID NO: 184) RYADSVKGRFTISADTSKNTAYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCSRWGGDGFYAMDYWGCGTLVTVSSGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSDIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASQDVNTAVAWYQQKPGKCPKLLIYSASFLYSGVPSRFSGSRSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYCQQHYTTPPTFGQGTKVEIK

The italicized sequence is a linker sequence between the VH and VLregions. Any other linker sequence may be used to connect the VH and VLregions.

In certain embodiments, the heavy chain of the bispecific antibodies mayinclude a VH region as provided herein and a heavy chain constantregion. In certain embodiments, the light chain of the bispecificantibodies may include a VL region as provided herein and a light chainconstant region. In certain embodiments, the scFv may be conjugated to aheavy chain constant region.

The heavy chain constant region and the light chain constant region maybe of a human IgG antibody, e.g., a human IgG1 antibody. The constantregion may have a wild type sequence or a modified sequence. In someembodiments, the bispecific antibody may include a modified heavy chain,including a modified Fc domain, including a modified CH2 and/or modifiedCH3 domain. In some instances, modified Fc domains may employelectrostatic steering effects, including but not limited to e.g.,through the use of the procedures described in Gunasekeran et al, (2010)Journal of Biological Chemistry 285, 19637-19646; the disclosure ofwhich is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. In someinstances, a bispecific antibody is assembled through charge pairsubstitutions at the CH3 domain, including but not limited to e.g.,where one heavy chain is modified to contain K392D and K409Dsubstitutions and the other heavy chain is modified to contained E366Kand D399K substitutions. Charge pair substituted chains maypreferentially form a heterodimer with one another. The numbering of theamino acid substitutions is per EU numbering system for HCs.

In some instances, an antibody of the present disclosure includes chargepair substitutions. In some instances, an antibody of the presentdisclosure does not include charge pair substitutions. In someinstances, an alternative means of promoting preferential heterodimerformation of desired chains may be employed.

In some instances, a modified heavy chain may include a knob-into-holemodification. “Knobs-into-holes” amino acid modification is a rationaldesign strategy in antibody engineering, used for heterodimerization ofthe heavy chains, in the production of multi-specific antibodies,including bispecific IgG antibodies. For example, in incorporating theknobs-into-holes strategy into a bispecific antibody made from twomonoclonal antibodies of different specificities, amino acid changes areengineered in order to create a “knob” on the CH3 of the heavy chain ofmonoclonal antibody 1 (mAb1) and a “hole” on the CH3 of the heavy chainof monoclonal antibody 2 (mAb2). The knob may be represented by a largeamino acid, such as e.g., a tyrosine (Y), whereas the hole may berepresented by small amino acid, such as a threonine (T). For example, aknobs-into-holes pair modification may be created a T22Y substitution ina first CH3 domain and Y86T substitution in the partner CH3 domain.Examples of knobs-into-holes modifications are described in Carter, J.Immunol. Methods, 248(1-2):7-15 (2001); Ridgway, J. B. et al. ProteinEng. 9(7):617-2 (1996); and Merchant, A. M. et al. Nat. Biotechnol.16(7):677-81 (1998); the disclosures of which are incorporated herein intheir entirety. In antibodies generated from paired knob-into-holemodified domains the bispecific heterodimer will generally represent themajor fraction.

In certain embodiments, the bispecific antibodies provided herein bindto cancer cells expressing both ABCC1 and the TAA while showing reducedbinding to non-cancer cells expressing ABCC1 and/or the TA. In otherwords, the bispecific antibodies provided herein bind with low affinityto (1) cells expressing TAA where ABCC1 expression is low or absent and(2) cells expressing ABCC1 where TAA expression is low or absent, andwith high affinity to cancer cells that express at least one or bothABCC1 and TAA at relatively high levels, i.e., levels higher than normalcells.

Compositions and Formulations

The present disclosure provides a composition comprising a subjectantibody. A subject antibody composition can comprise, in addition to asubject antibody, one or more of a salt, e.g., NaCl, MgCl₂, KCl, MgSO₄,etc.; a buffering agent, e.g., a Tris buffer, a histidine buffer.N-(2-Hydroxyethyl)piperazine-N′-(2-ethanesulfonic acid) (HEPES),2-(N-Morpholino)ethanesulfonic acid (MES),2-(N-Morpholino)ethanesulfonic acid sodium salt (MES),3-(N-Morpholino)propanesulfonic acid (MOPS).N-tris[Hydroxymethyl]methyl-3-aminopropanesulfonic acid (TAPS), etc.; asolubilizing agent; a detergent, e.g., a non-ionic detergent such asTween-20, etc.; a protease inhibitor; glycerol; and the like.

Compositions of the present disclosure also include pharmaceuticalcompositions that include an antibody described herein. In general, aformulation comprises an effective amount of the subject antibody. An“effective amount” means a dosage sufficient to produce a desiredresult, e.g., reduction in a cancer of a subject, reduction in thegrowth rate of a cancer in a subject, amelioration of a symptom ofcancer, and the like. Generally, the desired result is at least areduction in a symptom of a cancer, reduction in the growth of a cancer,reduction in the size of a cancer, etc., as compared to a control. Asubject antibody can be delivered, or be formulated, in such a manner asto avoid the blood-brain barrier.

In some instances, an antibody may include a delivery enhancer,including where such enhancers may facilitate crossing of theblood-brain barrier, increased permeability, e.g., allowing forefficient transdermal delivery, and the like.

In some instances, the antibodies of the present disclosure may not beadministered in a formulation with a delivery enhancer. In someinstances, the antibodies of the present disclosure may themselvesenhance permeability across the blood-brain barrier. In some instances,the antibodies of the present disclosure may be used as a deliveryenhancer to facilitate crossing of the blood-brain barrier by ananti-neoplastic agent, e.g., an immunotherapeutic agent or achemotherapeutic agent. In some instances, the antibodies of the presentdisclosure may be used as a delivery enhancer to facilitate crossing ofthe blood-brain barrier, blood-cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barrier,blood-testis barrier, or blood-placenta barrier by an active agent, suchas, another antibody or a chemotherapeutic agent.

In the subject methods, a subject antibody can be administered to thehost using any convenient means capable of resulting in the desiredtherapeutic effect or diagnostic effect. Thus, the agent can beincorporated into a variety of formulations for therapeuticadministration. More particularly, a subject antibody can be formulatedinto pharmaceutical compositions by combination with appropriate,pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or diluents, and may be formulatedinto preparations in solid, semi-solid, liquid or gaseous forms, such astablets, capsules, powders, granules, ointments, solutions,suppositories, injections, inhalants and aerosols.

In pharmaceutical dosage forms, a subject antibody can be administeredin conjunction with a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, or they mayalso be used alone or in appropriate association, as well as incombination, with other pharmaceutically active compounds. The followingmethods and excipients are merely exemplary and are in no way limiting.

A subject antibody can be formulated into preparations for injection bydissolving, suspending or emulsifying them in an aqueous or nonaqueoussolvent, such as vegetable or other similar oils, synthetic aliphaticacid glycerides, esters of higher aliphatic acids or propylene glycol;and if desired, with conventional additives such as solubilizers,isotonic agents, suspending agents, emulsifying agents, stabilizers andpreservatives.

Pharmaceutical compositions comprising a subject antibody are preparedby mixing the antibody having the desired degree of purity with optionalphysiologically acceptable carriers, excipients, stabilizers,surfactants, buffers and/or tonicity agents. Acceptable carriers,excipients and/or stabilizers are nontoxic to recipients at the dosagesand concentrations employed, and include buffers such as phosphate,citrate, and other organic acids; antioxidants including ascorbic acid,glutathione, cysteine, methionine and citric acid; preservatives (suchas ethanol, benzyl alcohol, phenol, m-cresol, p-chlor-m-cresol, methylor propyl parabens, benzalkonium chloride, or combinations thereof);amino acids such as arginine, glycine, ornithine, lysine, histidine,glutamic acid, aspartic acid, isoleucine, leucine, alanine,phenylalanine, tyrosine, tryptophan, methionine, serine, proline andcombinations thereof; monosaccharides, disaccharides and othercarbohydrates; low molecular weight (less than about 10 residues)polypeptides; proteins, such as gelatin or serum albumin; chelatingagents such as EDTA; sugars such as trehalose, sucrose, lactose,glucose, mannose, maltose, galactose, fructose, sorbose, raffinose,glucosamine, N-methylglucosamine, galactosamine, and neuraminic acid;and/or non-ionic surfactants such as Tween, Brij Pluronics, Triton-X, orpolyethylene glycol (PEG).

The pharmaceutical composition may be in a liquid form, a lyophilizedform or a liquid form reconstituted from a lyophilized form, wherein thelyophilized preparation is to be reconstituted with a sterile solutionprior to administration.

Exemplary antibody concentrations in a subject pharmaceuticalcomposition may range from about 1 mg/mL to about 200 mg/mil or fromabout 50 mg/mL to about 200 mg/mL, or from about 150 mg/mL to about 200mg/mL.

An aqueous formulation of the antibody may be prepared in a pH-bufferedsolution, e.g., at pH ranging from about 4.0 to about 7.5 or from about5.0 to about 6.0, or alternatively about 5.5. Examples of buffers thatare suitable for a pH within this range include phosphate-, histidine-,citrate-, succinate-, acetate-buffers and other organic acid buffers.The buffer concentration can be from about 1 mM to about 100 mM, or fromabout 5 mM to about 50 mM, depending, e.g., on the buffer and thedesired tonicity of the formulation.

In some embodiments, the aqueous formulation is isotonic, althoughhypertonic or hypotonic solutions may be suitable. The term “isotonic”denotes a solution having the same tonicity as some other solution withwhich it is compared, such as physiological salt solution or serum.Tonicity agents may be used in an amount of about 5 mM to about 350 mM,e.g., in an amount of 100 mM to 350 nM.

A surfactant may also be added to the antibody formulation to reduceaggregation of the formulated antibody and/or minimize the formation ofparticulates in the formulation and/or reduce adsorption. Exemplarysurfactants include polyoxyethylensorbitan fatty acid esters (Tween),polyoxyethylene alkyl ethers (Brij), alkylphenylpolyoxyethylene ethers(Triton-X), polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene copolymer (Poloxamer,Pluronic), and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SOS). Exemplary concentrations ofsurfactant may range from about 0.001% to about 1% w/v.

A lyoprotectant may also be added in order to protect the labile activeingredient (e.g. a protein) against destabilizing conditions during thelyophilization process. For example, known lyoprotectants include sugars(including glucose and sucrose); polyols (including mannitol, sorbitoland glycerol): and amino acids (including alanine, glycine and glutamicacid). Lyoprotectants can be included in an amount of about 10 mM to 500nM.

In some embodiments, a subject formulation includes a subject antibody,and one or more of the above-identified agents (e.g., a surfactant, abuffer, a stabilizer, a tonicity agent) and is essentially free of oneor more preservatives, such as ethanol, benzyl alcohol, phenol,m-cresol, p-chlor-m-cresol, methyl or propyl parabens, benzalkoniumchloride, and combinations thereof.

In other embodiments, a preservative is included in the formulation,e.g., at concentrations ranging from about 0.001 to about 2% (w/v).

For example, a subject formulation can be a liquid or lyophilizedformulation suitable for parenteral administration, and can comprise:about 1 mg/mL to about 200 mg/mL of a subject antibody; about 0.001% toabout 1% of at least one surfactant; about 1 mM to about 100 mM of abuffer; optionally about 10 mM to about 500 mM of a stabilizer; andabout 5 mM to about 305 mM of a tonicity agent; and has a pH of about4.0 to about 7.0.

A subject antibody can be utilized in aerosol formulation to beadministered via inhalation.

A subject antibody can be formulated into pressurized acceptablepropellants such as dichlorodifluoromethane, propane, nitrogen and thelike.

The term “unit dosage form,” as used herein, refers to physicallydiscrete units suitable as unitary dosages for human and animalsubjects, each unit containing a predetermined quantity of compounds ofthe present invention calculated in an amount sufficient to produce thedesired effect in association with a pharmaceutically acceptablediluent, carrier or vehicle. The specifications for a subject antibodymay depend on the particular antibody employed and the effect to beachieved, and the pharmacodynamics associated with each antibody in thehost.

A subject antibody can be administered as an injectable formulation.Typically, injectable compositions are prepared as liquid solutions orsuspensions; solid forms suitable for solution in, or suspension in,liquid vehicles prior to injection may also be prepared. The preparationmay also be emulsified or the antibody encapsulated in liposomevehicles.

Suitable excipient vehicles are, for example, water, saline, dextrose,glycerol, ethanol, or the like, and combinations thereof. In addition,if desired, the vehicle may contain minor amounts of auxiliarysubstances such as wetting or emulsifying agents or pH buffering agents.Actual methods of preparing such dosage forms are known, or will beapparent, to those skilled in the art.

The pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, such as vehicles, adjuvants,carriers or diluents, are readily available to the public. Moreover,pharmaceutically acceptable auxiliary substances, such as pH adjustingand buffering agents, tonicity adjusting agents, stabilizers, wettingagents and the like, are readily available to the public.

In some embodiments, a subject antibody is formulated in a controlledrelease formulation. Sustained-release preparations may be preparedusing methods well known in the art.

Dosages

A suitable dosage can be determined by an attending physician or byother qualified medical personnel, based on various clinical factors. Asis well known in the medical arts, dosages for any one patient dependupon many factors, including the patient's size, body surface area, age,the particular compound to be administered, sex of the patient, time,and route of administration, general health, and other drugs beingadministered concurrently. A subject antibody may be administered inamounts between 1 ng/kg body weight and 20 mg/kg body weight per dose,e.g. between 0.1 mg/kg body weight to 10 mg/kg body weight, e.g. between0.5 mg/kg body weight to 5 mg/kg body weight; however, doses below orabove this exemplary range are envisioned, especially considering theaforementioned factors. If the regimen is a continuous infusion, it canalso be in the range of 1 μg to 10 mg per kilogram of body weight perminute.

Those of skill will readily appreciate that dose levels can vary as afunction of the specific antibody, the severity of the symptoms and thesusceptibility of the subject to side effects. Preferred dosages for agiven compound are readily determinable by those of skill in the art bya variety of means.

Routes of Administration

A subject antibody is administered to an individual using any availablemethod and route suitable for drug delivery, including in vivo and exvivo methods, as well as systemic and localized routes ofadministration.

Conventional and pharmaceutically acceptable routes of administrationinclude intranasal, intramuscular, intratracheal, subcutaneous,intradermal, topical application, intravenous, intraarterial, rectal,nasal, oral, and other enteral and parenteral routes of administration.Routes of administration may be combined, if desired, or adjusteddepending upon the antibody and/or the desired effect. A subjectantibody composition can be administered in a single dose or in multipledoses. In some embodiments, a subject antibody composition isadministered orally. In some embodiments, a subject antibody compositionis administered via an inhalational route. In some embodiments, asubject antibody composition is administered intranasally. In someembodiments, a subject antibody composition is administered locally. Insome embodiments, a subject antibody composition is administeredintracranially. In some embodiments, a subject antibody composition isadministered intravenously.

The agent can be administered to a host using any available conventionalmethods and routes suitable for delivery of conventional drugs,including systemic or localized routes. In general, routes ofadministration contemplated by the invention include, but are notnecessarily limited to, enteral, parenteral, or inhalational routes.

Parenteral routes of administration other than inhalation administrationinclude, but are not necessarily limited to, topical, transdermal,subcutaneous, intramuscular, intraorbital, intracapsular, intraspinal,intrasternal, and intravenous routes, i.e., any route of administrationother than through the alimentary canal. Parenteral administration canbe carried to effect systemic or local delivery of a subject antibody.Where systemic delivery is desired, administration typically involvesinvasive or systemically absorbed topical or mucosal administration ofpharmaceutical preparations.

A subject antibody can also be delivered to the subject by enteraladministration. Enteral routes of administration include, but are notnecessarily limited to, oral and rectal (e.g., using a suppository)delivery.

By treatment is meant at least an amelioration of the symptomsassociated with the pathological condition afflicting the host, whereamelioration is used in a broad sense to refer to at least a reductionin the magnitude of a parameter, e.g. symptom, associated with thepathological condition being treated, such as cancer and/or the growthof a cancer and pain associated therewith. As such, treatment alsoincludes situations where the pathological condition, or at leastsymptoms associated therewith, are completely inhibited, e.g. preventedfrom happening, or stopped, e.g. terminated, such that the host nolonger suffers from the pathological condition, or at least the symptomsthat characterize the pathological condition.

A variety of subjects (wherein the term “subject” is usedinterchangeably herein with the terms “individual” and “patient”) aretreatable according to the presently disclosed methods. Generally, suchsubjects are “mammals” or “mammalian,” where these terms are usedbroadly to describe organisms which are within the class mammalia,including the orders carnivore (e.g., dogs and cats), rodentia (e.g.,mice, guinea pigs, and rats), and primates (e.g., humans, chimpanzees,and monkeys). In some embodiments, the hosts will be humans.

Kits with unit doses of a subject antibody, e.g. in oral or injectabledoses, are provided. In some embodiments, in addition to the containerscontaining the unit doses will be an informational package insertdescribing the use and attendant benefits of the antibody in treatingpathological condition of interest.

Nucleic Acids

The present disclosure provides nucleic acids comprising nucleotidesequences encoding a subject antibody. A nucleotide sequence encoding asubject antibody can be operably linked to one or more regulatoryelements, such as a promoter and enhancer, that allow expression of thenucleotide sequence in the intended target cells (e.g., a cell that isgenetically modified to synthesize and/or secrete the encoded antibody).

Suitable promoter and enhancer elements are known in the art. Forexpression in a bacterial cell, suitable promoters include, but are notlimited to, lacI, lacZ, T3, T7, gpt, lambda P and trc. For expression ina eukaryotic cell, suitable promoters include, but are not limited to,light and/or heavy chain immunoglobulin gene promoter and enhancerelements; cytomegalovirus immediate early promoter; herpes simplex virusthymidine kinase promoter; early and late SV40 promoters; promoterpresent in long terminal repeats from a retrovirus; mousemetallothionein-I promoter; and various art-known tissue specificpromoters.

A nucleotide sequence encoding a subject antibody can be present in anexpression vector and/or a cloning vector. Where a subject antibodycomprises two or more separate polypeptides, nucleotide sequencesencoding the two polypeptides can be cloned in the same or separatevectors. Separate polypeptides may be expressed from a single nucleicacid or single vector using various strategies, such as separatepromoters, one or more internal ribosomal entry sites (IRES), one ormore self-cleaving sequences (e.g., 2A cleavage sequences, e.g., P2A,T2A, E2A, and F2A), combinations thereof, and the like. An expressionvector can include a selectable marker, an origin of replication, andother features that provide for replication and/or maintenance of thevector.

Large numbers of suitable vectors and promoters are known to those ofskill in the art; many are commercially available for generating asubject recombinant construct. The following vectors are provided by wayof example. Bacterial: pBs, phagescript, PsiX174, pBluescript SK, pBsKS, pNH8a, pNH16a, pNH18a, pNH46a (Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif., USA);pTrc99A, pKK223-3, pKK233-3, pDR540, and pRIT5 (Pharmacia. Uppsala,Sweden). Eukaryotic: pWLneo, pSV2cat, pOG44, PXR1, pSG (Stratagene)pSVK3, pBPV, pMSG and pSVL (Pharmacia).

Expression vectors generally have convenient restriction sites locatednear the promoter sequence to provide for the insertion of nucleic acidsequences encoding heterologous proteins. A selectable marker operativein the expression host may be present. Suitable expression vectorsinclude, but are not limited to, viral vectors (e.g. viral vectors basedon vaccinia virus; poliovirus; adenovirus; adeno-associated virus: SV40;herpes simplex virus; human immunodeficiency virus; a retroviral vector(e.g., Murine Leukemia Virus, spleen necrosis virus, and vectors derivedfrom retroviruses such as Rous Sarcoma Virus, Harvey Sarcoma Virus,avian leukosis virus, human immunodeficiency virus, myeloproliferativesarcoma virus, and mammary tumor virus); and the like.

Nucleic acids, e.g., as described herein, may, in some instances, beintroduced into a cell, e.g., by contacting the cell with the nucleicacid. Cells with introduced nucleic acids will generally be referred toherein as genetically modified cells. Various methods of nucleic aciddelivery may be employed including but not limited to e.g., nakednucleic acid delivery, viral delivery, chemical transfection,biolistics, and the like.

Cells

The present disclosure provides isolated genetically modified cells(e.g., in vitro cells, ex vivo cells, cultured cells, etc.) that aregenetically modified with a subject nucleic acid. In some embodiments, asubject isolated genetically modified cell can produce a subjectantibody. In some instances, a genetically modified cell can deliver anantibody, e.g., to a subject in need thereof.

Suitable cells include eukaryotic cells, such as a mammalian cell, aninsect cell, a yeast cell; and prokaryotic cells, such as a bacterialcell. Introduction of a subject nucleic acid into the host cell can beaffected, for example by calcium phosphate precipitation, DEAE dextranmediated transfection, liposome-mediated transfection, electroporation,or other known method.

Suitable mammalian cells include primary cells and immortalized celllines. Suitable mammalian cell lines include human cell lines, non-humanprimate cell lines, rodent (e.g., mouse, rat) cell lines, and the like.Suitable mammalian cell lines Include, but are not limited to, HeLacells, CHO cells, 293 cells, 3T3 cells, Vero cells, Huh-7 cells, BHKcells, PC12 cells, COS cells, COS-7 cells, RAT1 cells, mouse L cells,human embryonic kidney (HEK) cells, HLHepG2 cells, and the like.

In some instances, useful mammalian cells may include cells derived froma mammalian tissue or organ. In some instances, cells employed arekidney cells, including e.g., kidney cells of an established kidney cellline, such as HEK 293T cells.

In some instances, cells of the present disclosure may be immune cells.As used herein, the term “immune cells” generally includes white bloodcells (leukocytes) which are derived from hematopoietic stem cells (HSC)produced in the bone marrow. “Immune cells” Includes, e.g., lymphocytes(T cells, B cells, natural killer (NK) cells) and myeloid-derived cells(neutrophil, eosinophil, basophil, monocyte, macrophage, dendriticcells). “T cell” includes all types of immune cells expressing CD3including T-helper cells (CD4+ cells), cytotoxic T-cells (CD8+ cells),T-regulatory cells (Treg) and gamma-delta T cells. A “cytotoxic cell”includes CD8+ T cells, natural-killer (NK) cells, and neutrophils, whichcells are capable of mediating cytotoxicity responses.

In some instances, useful cells expressing an antibody such as amulti-specific antibody of the present disclosure may include producer Tcells. Producer T cells engineered to include nucleic acid sequenceencoding an antibody of the present disclosure may, in some instances,be employed to deliver the antibody to a subject in need thereof.

In some instances, immune cells of the present disclosure include immuneeffector cell comprising a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) comprising anABCC1 binding domain, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellularsignaling domain, and wherein the ABCC1 binding domain comprises heavychain complementarity determining regions (HCDRs) and light chain CDRs(LCDRs) of a pair of variable heavy chain (VH) region and variable lightchain (VL) region of an antibody listed in Table 2. In one embodiment,the intracellular signaling domain may include one or more functionalsignaling domains derived from at least one costimulatory molecule.e.g., 4-18B (i.e., CD137), CD27 and/or CD28. The intracellular signalingdomain may include a functional signaling domain derived from acostimulatory molecule and a functional signaling domain derived from astimulatory molecule.

The immune effector cell may be a T-cell. The immune effector cell maybe an autologous cell.

Methods

As summarized above, methods of the present disclosure include methodsof contacting a cell with an antibody of the present disclosure, methodsof treating a subject according to a method that involves administeringto the subject an antibody of the present disclosure, methods of makingelements described in the instant application, including e.g.,antibodies, compositions and formulations, nucleic acids, expressionvectors, cells, and the like.

As summarized above, methods of the present disclosure includecontacting a cancer cell with an antibody of the present disclosure,e.g., to detect presence of expression of ABCC1 on the cancer cell,measure level of expression of ABCC1 on the cancer cell, or tofacilitate and/or enhance killing of the cancer cell. In some instances,killing of the cancer cell is mediated by an immune response or immunecell acting upon the cancer cell bound by the antibody. In someinstances, killing of the cancer cell is mediated by inhibition ofcellular efflux of the cancer cell, e.g., as a result of ABCC1inhibition by the antibody. In some instances, killing of the cancercell is mediated by a combination of inhibition of cellular efflux ofthe cancer cell plus an immune mediated response (e.g., via Fc region ofthe antibody). Methods that involve contacting a cancer cell with anantibody of the present disclosure may or may not include contacting thecancer cell with an additional therapy or active agent, including e.g.,a chemotherapeutic, an immunotherapy, radiation therapy, or the like.

Treatment Methods

The present disclosure provides methods of treating a cancer, themethods generally involving administering to an individual in needthereof (e.g., an individual having a cancer) an effective amount of anantibody as provided herein, alone (e.g., in monotherapy) or incombination (e.g., in combination therapy) with one or more additionaltherapeutic agents. Administration of an antibody of the presentdisclosure may be performed by any convenient and appropriate route ofdelivery.

Accordingly, administration includes but is not limited to e.g.,delivery of the antibody by injection, delivery of the antibody byinfusion, delivery of a nucleic acid or expression vector encoding theantibody, delivery of the antibody by administering to the subject acell that expresses and secretes the antibody, delivery of an immuneeffector cell (e.g., a CAR-T cell) that expresses on the cell surface achimeric antigen receptor (CAR) comprising a ABCC1 binding domain, atransmembrane domain, and an intracellular signaling domain, and whereinthe ABCC1 binding domain comprises HCDRs and LCDRs of a pair of VHregion and VL region of an antibody listed in Table 2, and the like.Administration of an agent, a nucleic acid encoding an agent, a cellexpressing an agent, etc. may include contacting with the agent,contacting with the nucleic acid, contacting with the cell, and thelike.

In some embodiments, an effective amount of a subject antibody is anamount that, when administered alone (e.g., in monotherapy) or incombination (e.g., in combination therapy) with one or more additionaltherapeutic agents, in one or more doses, is effective to reduce anadverse symptom of cancer by at least about 5%, at least about 10%, atleast about 15%, at least about 20%, at least about 25%, at least about30%, at least about 40%, at least about 50%, at least about 80%, atleast about 70%, at least about 80%, at least about 90%, or more,compared to the severity of the adverse symptom in the absence oftreatment with the antibody.

In some embodiments, an effective amount of a subject antibody is anamount that, when administered alone (e.g., in monotherapy) or incombination (e.g., in combination therapy) with one or more additionaltherapeutic agents, in one or more doses, is effective to improve thecancer (i.e., slow the growth of the cancer, stop the growth of thecancer, reverse the growth of the cancer, kill cancer cells (includingtumor cells, or the like) in the individual being treated. For example,an effective amount of a subject antibody can reduce a cancer growthrate or reduce a cancer size in an individual by at least about 5%, atleast about 10%, at least about 15%, at least about 20%, at least about25%, at least about 30%, at least about 40%, at least about 50%, ormore, compared to in the absence of treatment with an antibody.

In some instances, a subject may be treated systemically, including withthe subject antibody, with or without one or more additional reagents.By “systemic treatment”, as used herein, is meant a treatment that isnot directed solely to target a specific tumor (such as e.g., a primarytumor or a defined secondary tumor) or a specific cancer containingtissue (such as e.g., the liver in the case of liver cancer, the bloodin the case of a blood cancer, etc.). Systemic treatments will generallybe directed to the subject's body as a whole and may include but are notlimited to e.g., systemic radiation therapy, systemic chemotherapy,systemic immunotherapy, combinations thereof and the like.

In some instances, a subject may be treated locally, including with thesubject antibody, with or without one or more additional reagents. By“local treatment”, as used herein, is meant a treatment that isspecifically directed to the location of a tumor (such as e.g., aprimary tumor or a defined secondary tumor) or specifically directed toa cancer containing tissue (such as e.g., the liver in the case of livercancer, the blood in the case of a blood cancer, etc.). In someinstances, local treatment may also be administered in such a way as toaffect the environment surrounding a tumor, such as tissue surroundingthe tumor, such as tissue immediately adjacent to the tumor. Localtreatment will generally not affect or not be targeted to tissuesdistant from the site of cancer including the site of a tumor, such as aprimary tumor. Useful local treatments that may be administered inaddition to or in combination with a subject antibody, e.g., include butare not limited to surgery, local radiation therapy, local cryotherapy,local laser therapy, local topical therapy, combinations thereof, andthe like.

In some embodiments, a subject treatment method involves administering asubject antibody and one or more additional therapeutic agents. Suitableadditional therapeutic agents include, but are not limited to,chemotherapeutic agents, radiation therapy reagents, immunotherapyreagents, other antibody agents, and the like. Additional therapies thatmay be administered to a subject before, during or after a subjectadministering an antibody of the present disclosure will vary dependingon numerous factors including e.g., the type of cancer, the subject'smedical history, general state of health and/or any co-morbidities, andthe like. Useful cancer therapies include but are not limited to e.g.,radiation therapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and the like.

Radiation therapy includes, but is not limited to, x-rays or gamma raysthat are delivered from either an externally applied source such as abeam, or by implantation of small radioactive sources.

Suitable antibodies for use in cancer treatment include, but are notlimited to, naked antibodies, e.g., trastuzumab (Herceptin), bevacizumab(Avastin™), cetuximab (Erbitux™), panitumumab (Vectibix™), Ipilimumab(Yervoy™), rituximab (Rituxan), alemtuzumab (Lemtrada™), Ofatumumab(Arzerra™), Oregovomab (OvaRex™), Lambrolizumab (MK-3475), pertuzumab(Perjeta™), ranibizumab (Lucentis™) etc., and conjugated antibodies,e.g., gemtuzumab ozogamicin (Mylortarg™), Brentuximab vedotin(Adcetris™), 90Y-labelled ibritumomab tiuxetan (Zevalin™), 131I-labelledtositumoma (Bexxar™), etc.

Suitable antibodies for use in cancer treatment also include, but arenot limited to, antibodies raised against tumor-associated antigens.Such antigens include, but are not limited to, CD20, CD30, CD33, CD52,EpCAM, CEA, gpA33, Mucins, TAG-72, CAIX, PSMA, Folate-binding protein,Gangliosides (e.g., GD2, GD3, GM2, etc.), Ley, VEGF, VEGFR, Integrinalpha-V-beta-3, Integrin alpha-5-beta-1, EGFR, ERBB2, ERBB3, MET, IGF1R,EPHA3, TRAILR1, TRAILR2, RANKL, FAP, Tenascin, Programmed Death-Ligand 1(PD-L1), androgen receptor (AR), Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase (BTK),BCR-Abl, c-kit, PIK3CA, EML4-ALK, KRAS, ALK, ROS1, AKT1, BRAF, MEKJ,MEK2, NRAS, RAC1, ESR1, CTLA-4, LAG-3 and TIM-3, etc. These antibodiesmay be administered as a combination therapy with an anti-ABCC1 antibodyprovided herein.

Conventional cancer therapies also include targeted therapies for cancerincluding but not limited to e.g., Ado-trastuzumab emtansine (Kadcyla)targeting HER2 (ERBB2/neu) (approved for use in Breast cancer); Afatinib(Gilotrif) targeting EGFR (HER1/ERBB1), HER2 (ERBB2/neu) (approved foruse in Non-small cell lung cancer); Aldesleukin (Proleukin) targeting(approved for use in Renal cell carcinoma, Melanoma); Alectinib(Alecensa) targeting ALK (approved for use in Non-small cell lungcancer); Alemtuzumab (Campath) targeting CD52 (approved for use inB-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia); Atezolizumab (Tecentriq) targetingPD-L1 (approved for use in Urothelial carcinoma, Non-small cell lungcancer); Avelumab (Bavencio) targeting PD-L1 (approved for use in Merkelcell carcinoma); Axitinib (Inlyta) targeting KIT, PDGFRB. VEGFR1/2/3(approved for use in Renal cell carcinoma); Belimumab (Benlysta)targeting BAFF (approved for use in Lupus erythematosus): Belinostat(Beleodaq) targeting HDAC (approved for use in Peripheral T-celllymphoma); Bevacizumab (Avastin) targeting VEGF ligand (approved for usein Cervical cancer, Colorectal cancer, Fallopian tube cancer,Glioblastoma, Non-small cell lung cancer, Ovarian cancer, Peritonealcancer, Renal cell carcinoma); Blinatumomab (Blincyto) targetingCD19/CD3 (approved for use in Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (precursorB-cell)); Bortezomib (Velcade) targeting Proteasome (approved for use inMultiple myeloma, Mantle cell lymphoma); Bosutinib (Bosulif) targetingABL (approved for use in Chronic myelogenous leukemia); Brentuximabvedotin (Adcetris) targeting CD30 (approved for use in Hodgkin lymphoma,Anaplastic large cell lymphoma); Brigatinib (Alunbrig) targeting ALK(approved for use in Non-small cell lung cancer (ALK+)); Cabozantinib(Cabometyx, Cometriq) targeting FLT3, KIT, MET, RET, VEGFR2 (approvedfor use in Medullary thyroid cancer, Renal cell carcinoma); Carfilzomib(Kyprolis) targeting Proteasome (approved for use in Multiple myeloma);Ceritinib (Zykadia) targeting ALK (approved for use in Non-small celllung cancer); Cetuximab (Erbitux) targeting EGFR (HER1/ERBB1) (approvedfor use in Colorectal cancer, Squamous cell cancer of the head andneck); Cobimetinib (Cotellic) targeting MEK (approved for use inMelanoma): Crizotinib (Xalkori) targeting ALK, MET, ROS1 (approved foruse in Non-small cell lung cancer); Dabrafenib (Tafinlar) targeting BRAF(approved for use in Melanoma, Non-small cell lung cancer); Daratumumab(Darzalex) targeting CD38 (approved for use in Multiple myeloma):Dasatinib (Sprycel) targeting ABL (approved for use in Chronicmyelogenous leukemia, Acute lymphoblastic leukemia); Denosumab (Xgeva)targeting RANKL (approved for use in Giant cell tumor of the bone);Dinutuximab (Unituxin) targeting B4GALNT1 (GD2) (approved for use inPediatric neuroblastoma); Durvalumab (Imfinzi) targeting PD-L1 (approvedfor use in Urothelial carcinoma); Elotuzumab (Empliciti) targetingSLAMF7 (CS1/CD319/CRACC) (approved for use in Multiple myeloma);Enasidenib (Idhifa) targeting IDH2 (approved for use in Acute myeloidleukemia); Erlotinib (Tarceva) targeting EGFR (HER1/ERBB1) (approved foruse in Non-small cell lung cancer, Pancreatic cancer); Everolimus(Afinitor) targeting mTOR (approved for use in Pancreatic,gastrointestinal, or lung origin neuroendocrine tumor, Renal cellcarcinoma, Nonresectable subependymal giant cell astrocytoma, Breastcancer); Gefitinib (Iressa) targeting EGFR (HER1/ERBB1) (approved foruse in Non-small cell lung cancer); Ibritumomab tiuxetan (Zevalin)targeting CD20 (approved for use in Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma); Ibrutinib(Imbruvica) targeting BTK (approved for use in Mantle cell lymphoma,Chronic lymphocytic leukemia, Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia);Idelalisib (Zydelig) targeting PI3Kδ (approved for use in Chroniclymphocytic leukemia, Follicular B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Smalllymphocytic lymphoma); Imatinib (Gleevec) targeting KIT, PDGFR, ABL(approved for use in GI stromal tumor (KIT+), Dermatofibrosarcomaprotuberans, Multiple hematologic malignancies); Ipilimumab (Yervoy)targeting CTLA-4 (approved for use in Melanoma); Ixazomib (Ninlaro)targeting Proteasome (approved for use in Multiple Myeloma); Lapatinib(Tykerb) targeting HER2 (ERBB2/neu), EGFR (HER1/ERBB1) (approved for usein Breast cancer (HER2+)); Lenvatinib (Lenvima) targeting VEGFR2(approved for use in Renal cell carcinoma, Thyroid cancer); Midostaurin(Rydapt) targeting FLT3 (approved for use in acute myeloid leukemia(FLT3+)); Necitumumab (Portrazza) targeting EGFR (HER1/ERBB1) (approvedfor use in Squamous non-small cell lung cancer): Neratinib (Nerlynx)targeting HER2 (ERBB2/neu) (approved for use in Breast cancer);Nilotinib (Tasigna) targeting ABL (approved for use in Chronicmyelogenous leukemia); Niraparib (Zejula) targeting PARP (approved foruse in Ovarian cancer, Fallopian tube cancer, Peritoneal cancer);Nivolumab (Opdivo) targeting PD-1 (approved for use in Colorectalcancer, Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, Hodgkin lymphoma,Melanoma, Non-small cell lung cancer, Renal cell carcinoma, Urothelialcarcinoma); Obinutuzumab (Gazyva) targeting CD20 (approved for use inChronic lymphocytic leukemia, Follicular lymphoma); Ofatumumab (Arzerra,HuMax-CD20) targeting CD20 (approved for use in Chronic lymphocyticleukemia): Olaparib (Lynparza) targeting PARP (approved for use inOvarian cancer); Olaratumab (Lartruvo) targeting PDGFRα (approved foruse in Soft tissue sarcoma); Osimertinib (Tagrisso) targeting EGFR(approved for use in Non-small cell lung cancer); Pabociclib (Ibrance)targeting CDK4, CDK6 (approved for use in Breast cancer); Panitumumab(Vectibix) targeting EGFR (HER1/ERBB1) (approved for use in Colorectalcancer); Panobinostat (Farydak) targeting HDAC (approved for use inMultiple myeloma); Pazopanib (Votrient) targeting VEGFR, PDGFR, KIT(approved for use in Renal cell carcinoma); Pembrolizumab (Keytruda)targeting PD-1 (approved for use in Classical Hodgkin lymphoma,Melanoma, Non-small cell lung cancer (PD-L1+), Head and neck squamouscell carcinoma, Solid tumors (MSI-H)); Pertuzumab (Perjeta) targetingHER2 (ERBB2/neu) (approved for use in Breast cancer (HER2+)); Ponatinib(Iclusig) targeting ABL, FGFR1-3, FLT3, VEGFR2 (approved for use inChronic myelogenous leukemia, Acute lymphoblastic leukemia); Ramucirumab(Cyramza) targeting VEGFR2 (approved for use in Colorectal cancer,Gastric cancer or Gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma,Non-small cell lung cancer); Regorafenib (Stivarga) targeting KIT,PDGFRP, RAF, RET, VEGFR1/2/3 (approved for use in Colorectal cancer,Gastrointestinal stromal tumors, Hepatocellular carcinoma); Ribociclib(Kisqali) targeting CDK4, CDK6 (approved for use in Breast cancer (HR+,HER2−)); Rituximab (Rituxan, Mabthera) targeting CD20 (approved for usein Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Chronic lymphocytic leukemia, Rheumatoidarthritis, Granulomatosis with polyangiitis); Rituximab/hyaluronidasehuman (Rituxan Hycela) targeting CD20 (approved for use in Chroniclymphocytic leukemia, Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, Follicularlymphoma); Romidepsin (Istodax) targeting HDAC (approved for use inCutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Peripheral T-cell lymphoma); Rucaparib(Rubraca) targeting PARP (approved for use in Ovarian cancer);Ruxolitinib (Jakafi) targeting JAK1/2 (approved for use inMyeloflbrosis); Siltuximab (Sylvant) targeting IL-6 (approved for use inMulticentric Castleman's disease); Sipuleucel-T (Provenge) targeting(approved for use in Prostate cancer); Sonidegib (Odomzo) targetingSmoothened (approved for use in Basal cell carcinoma); Sorafenib(Nexavar) targeting VEGFR, PDGFR. KIT, RAF (approved for use inHepatocellular carcinoma, Renal cell carcinoma, Thyroid carcinoma):Temsirolimus (Torisel) targeting mTOR (approved for use in Renal cellcarcinoma); Tositumomab (Bexxar) targeting CD20 (approved for use inNon-Hodgkin's lymphoma); Trametinib (Mekinist) targeting MEK (approvedfor use in Melanoma, Non-small cell lung cancer); Trastuzumab(Herceptin) targeting HER2 (ERBB2/neu) (approved for use in Breastcancer (HER2+), Gastric cancer (HER2+)); Vandetanib (Caprelsa) targetingEGFR (HER1/ERBB1), RET, VEGFR2 (approved for use in Medullary thyroidcancer); Vemurafenib (Zelboraf) targeting BRAF (approved for use inMelanoma); Venetoclax (Venclexta) targeting BCL2 (approved for use inChronic lymphocytic leukemia): Vismodegib (Erivedge) targeting PTCH,Smoothened (approved for use in Basal cell carcinoma); Vorinostat(Zolinza) targeting HDAC (approved for use in Cutaneous T-celllymphoma); Ziv-aflibercept (Zaltrap) targeting PIGF, VEGFA/B (approvedfor use in Colorectal cancer); and the like. These antibodies may beadministered as a combination therapy with an anti-ABCC1 antibodyprovided herein.

Biological response modifiers suitable for use in connection with themethods of the present disclosure include, but are not limited to, (1)inhibitors of tyrosine kinase (RTK) activity; (2) inhibitors ofserine/threonine kinase activity; (3) tumor-associated antigenantagonists, such as antibodies that bind specifically to a tumorantigen; (4) apoptosis receptor agonists; (5) interleukin-2; (8)interferon-α; (7) interferon-γ; (8) colony-stimulating factors; (9)inhibitors of angiogenesis; and (10) antagonists of tumor necrosisfactor.

Chemotherapeutic agents or antineoplastic agents are non-peptidic (i.e.,non-proteinaceous) compounds that reduce proliferation of cancer cells,and encompass cytotoxic agents and cytostatic agents. Non-limitingexamples of chemotherapeutic agents include alkylating agents (e.g.,nitrosoureas), antimetabolites (e.g., methotrexate), antitumorantibiotics (e.g., anthracyclins), plant alkaloids (e.g., vincaalkaloids, taxanes, etc.), toposiomerase inhibitors, and steroidhormones.

Agents that act to reduce cellular proliferation are known in the artand widely used. Such agents include alkylating agents, such as nitrogenmustards, nitrosoureas, ethylenimine derivatives, alkyl sulfonates, andtriazenes, including, but not limited to, mechlorethamine,cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan™), melphalan (L-sarcolysin), carmustine(BCNU), lomustine (CCNU), semustine (methyl-CCNU), streptozocin,chlorozotocin, uracil mustard, chlormethine, ifosfamide, chlorambucil,pipobroman, triethylenemelamine, triethylenethiophosphoramine, busulfan,dacarbazine, and temozolomide.

Antimetabolite agents include folic acid analogs, pyrimidine analogs,purine analogs, and adenosine deaminase inhibitors, including, but notlimited to, cytarabine (CYTOSAR-U), cytosine arabinoside, fluorouracil(5-FU), floxuridine (FudR), 8-thioguanine, 8-mercaptopurine (6-MP),pentostatin, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), methotrexate,10-propargyl-5,8-dideazafolate (PDDF, CB3717),5,8-dideazatetrahydrofolic acid (DDATHF), leucovorin, fludarabinephosphate, pentostatine, and gemcitabine.

Suitable natural products and their derivatives, (e.g., vinca alkaloids,antitumor antibiotics, enzymes, lymphokines, and epipodophyllotoxins),include, but are not limited to, Ara-C, paclitaxel (Taxol®), docetaxel(Taxotere®), deoxycoformycin, mitomycin-C, L-asparaginase, azathioprine;brequinar, alkaloids, e.g. vincristine, vinblastine, vinorelbine,vindesine, etc.; podophyllotoxins, e.g. etoposide, teniposide, etc.;antibiotics, e.g. anthracycline, daunorubicin hydrochloride (daunomycin,rubidomycin, cerubidine), idarubicin, doxorubicin, epirubicin andmorpholino derivatives, etc.; phenoxizone biscyclopeptides, e.g.dactinomycin; basic glycopeptides, e.g. bleomycin; anthraquinoneglycosides, e.g. plicamycin (mithramycin); anthracenediones, e.g.mitoxantrone; azirinopyrrolo indolediones, e.g. mitomycin: macrocyclicimmunosuppressants, e.g. cyclosporine, FK-506 (tacrolimus, prograf),rapamycin, etc.; and the like.

Other anti-proliferative cytotoxic agents are navelbene, CPT-11,anastrazole, letrazole, capecitabine, reloxafine, cyclophosphamide,ifosamide, and droloxafine.

Microtubule affecting agents that have antiproliferative activity arealso suitable for use and include, but are not limited to,allocolchicine (NSC 406042), Halichondrin B (NSC 609395), colchicine(NSC 757), colchicine derivatives (e.g., NSC 33410), dolstatin 10 (NSC376128), maytansine (NSC 153858), rhizoxin (NSC 332598), paclitaxel(Taxol®), Taxol® derivatives, docetaxel (Taxotere®), thiocolchicine (NSC361792), trityl cysterin, vinblastine sulfate, vincristine sulfate,natural and synthetic epothilones including but not limited to,eopthilone A, epothilone B, discodermolide; estramustine, nocodazole,and the like.

Hormone modulators and steroids (including synthetic analogs) that aresuitable for use include, but are not limited to, adrenocorticosteroids,e.g. prednisone, dexamethasone, etc.; estrogens and pregestins, e.g.hydroxyprogesterone caproate, medroxyprogesterone acetate, megestrolacetate, estradiol, clomiphene, tamoxifen; etc.; and adrenocorticalsuppressants, e.g. aminoglutethimide; 17α-ethinylestradiol;diethylstilbestrol, testosterone, fluoxymesterone, dromostanolonepropionate, testolactone, methylprednisolone, methyl-testosterone,prednisolone, triamcinolone, chlorotrianisene, hydroxyprogesterone,aminoglutethimide, estramustine, medroxyprogesterone acetate,leuprolide, Flutamide (Drogenil). Toremifene (Fareston), and Zoladex.Estrogens stimulate proliferation and differentiation, thereforecompounds that bind to the estrogen receptor are used to block thisactivity. Corticosteroids may inhibit T cell proliferation.

Other chemotherapeutic agents include metal complexes, e.g. cisplatin(cis-DDP), carboplatin, etc.; ureas, e.g. hydroxyurea; and hydrazines,e.g. N-methylhydrazine; epidophyllotoxin; a topoisomerase inhibitor;procarbazine; mitoxantrone; leucovorin; tegafur; etc. Otheranti-proliferative agents of interest include immunosuppressants, e.g.mycophenolic acid, thalidomide, desoxyspergualin, azasporine,leflunomide, mizoribine, azaspirane (SKF 105685); Iressa® (ZD 1839,4-(3-chloro-4-fluorophenylamino)-7-methoxy-6-(3-(4-morpholinyl)propoxy)quinazoline);etc.

“Taxanes” include paclitaxel, as well as any active taxane derivative orpro-drug. “Paclitaxel” (which should be understood herein to includeanalogues, formulations, and derivatives such as, for example,docetaxel, TAXOL™, TAXOTERE™ (a formulation of docetaxel), 10-desacetylanalogs of paclitaxel and 3′N-desbenzoyl-3′N-t-butoxycarbonyl analogs ofpaclitaxel) may be readily prepared utilizing techniques known to thoseskilled in the art (see also WO 94/07882, WO 94/07881, WO 94/07880, WO94/07876, WO 93/23555, WO 93/10076; U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,294,637; 5,283,253;5,279,949; 5,274,137; 5,202,448; 5,200,534; 5,229,529; and EP 590,267),or obtained from a variety of commercial sources, including for example,Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis, Mo. (T7402 from Taxus brevifolia; orT-1912 from Taxus yannanensis).

Paclitaxel should be understood to refer to not only the commonchemically available form of paditaxel, but analogs and derivatives(e.g., Taxotere™ docetaxel, as noted above) and pacitaxel conjugates(e.g., paclitaxel-PEG, paclitaxel-dextran, paclitaxel-xylose, or proteinbound paclitaxel such as Abraxans®).

Also included within the term “taxane” are a variety of knownderivatives, including both hydrophilic derivatives, and hydrophobicderivatives. Taxane derivatives include, but are not limited to,galactose and mannose derivatives described in International PatentApplication No. WO 99/18113; piperazino and other derivatives describedin WO 99/14209; taxane derivatives described in WO 99/09021. WO98/22451, and U.S. Pat. No. 5,869,680; 6-thio derivatives described inWO 98/28288; sulfenamide derivatives described in U.S. Pat. No.5,821,263; and taxol derivative described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,415,869. Itfurther includes prodrugs of paclitaxel including, but not limited to,those described in WO 98/58927; WO 98/13059; and U.S. Pat. No.5,824,701.

Useful immunotherapies include anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapies, and/orother immunotherapy targets, such as e.g., immune check point markers,such as CTLA-4, LAG-3 and TIM-3, that may be targeted in treatmentmethods. Anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapies which include but are notlimited to e.g., those therapies that include administering to a subjectan effective amount of one or more anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapeuticantagonists where such antagonists include but are not limited to e.g.,OPDIVO® (nivolumab), KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab), Tecentriq™(atezolizumab), durvalumab (MED14736), avelumab (MSB0010718C),BMS-936559 (MDX-1105), CA-170, BMS-202, BMS-8, BMS-37, BMS-242 and thelike. These antibodies may be administered as a combination therapy withan anti-ABCC1 antibody provided herein.

CTLA-4, also known as CD152, binds to CD80 and CD86. Antibodies againstCTLA-4 have been approved for treating some cancer types. Theco-inhibitory effect of CTLA-4 with other immunotherapies make CTLA-4 agood candidate for use in combination with other immunotherapies totreat certain cancers. TIM-3 may also be targeted for immunotherapy forseveral cancer types.

LAG-3 is in clinical trials for treating cancers. Anti-LAG-3immunotherapies include those that employ antagonist LAG-3 antibodiesthat can both activate T effector cells (by downregulating the LAG-3Inhibiting signal into pre-activated LAG-3+ cells) and Inhibit induced(i.e. antigen-specific) Treg suppressive activity. Useful LAG-3antagonistic antibodies include relatlimab (BMS-986016; developed byBristol-Myers Squibb), IMP701 (developed by Immutep), TSR-033(anti-LAG-3 mAb; developed by TESARO, Inc.), and the like.

Immunotherapies also include T cell-based immunotherapies such as e.g.,adoptive cell therapy (ACT) and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T celltherapies. For example, a subject may be administered a population ofCAR T cells engineered to target an antigen expressed by the subject'scancer. A T cell-based therapy may involve, in some instances, obtaininga cellular sample from a subject, such as a blood sample or a tumorbiopsy, and culturing immune cells from the sample ex vivo, with orwithout genetic modification of the cultured immune cells. As anexample, immune cells may be obtained from a subject, cultured ex vivoand modified with a CAR specific for an antigen expressed by the cancerto produce a population of CAR T cells. Then, the CAR T cells may bereintroduced into the subject to target the cancer. T cell-basedimmunotherapies may be configured in various ways, e.g., by targetingvarious antigens, by collecting/culturing various cell types, etc.,depending on a particular cancer to be treated. In addition, Tcell-based immunotherapies may be administered systemically, e.g., byintravenous injection, or locally, e.g., by infusion (e.g.,intraperitoneal infusion, pleural catheter infusion, etc.), directinjection, and the like.

In some instances, a method of treatment described herein may includeadministering to a subject one or more inhibitors of a multidrugresistance transporter, including but not limited to e.g., a multidrugresistance transporter other than ABCC1. Useful inhibitors of multidrugresistance transporters include e.g., tyrosine kinase inhibitors,natural products, microRNAs, and small molecule inhibitors. Inhibitorsof multidrug resistance transporters include ABC transporter inhibitors.

Individuals suitable for treatment using a method of the presentdisclosure include an individual having a cancer; an individualdiagnosed as having a cancer; an individual being treated for a cancerwith chemotherapy, radiation therapy, antibody therapy, surgery, etc.);an individual who has been treated for a cancer (e.g., with one or moreof chemotherapy, radiation therapy, antibody therapy, surgery, etc.),and who has failed to respond to the treatment; an individual who hasbeen treated for a cancer (e.g., with one or more of chemotherapy,radiation therapy, antibody therapy, surgery, etc.), and who initiallyresponded to the treatment but who subsequently relapsed, i.e., thecancer recurred.

The methods of the present disclosure may be employed to target andtreat a variety of cancers, including e.g., primary cancer, secondarycancers, re-growing cancers, recurrent cancers, refractory cancers andthe like. For example, in some instances, the methods of the presentdisclosure may be employed as an initial treatment of a primary canceridentified in a subject. In some instances, the methods of the presentdisclosure may be employed as a non-primary (e.g., secondary or later)treatment, e.g., in a subject with a cancer that is refractory to aprior treatment, in a subject with a cancer that is re-growing followinga prior treatment, in a subject with a mixed response to a priortreatment (e.g., a positive response to at least one tumor in thesubject and a negative or neutral response to at least a second tumor inthe subject), and the like.

In some instances, the methods of the present disclosure may be employedto treat a subject with a drug resistant cancer, such as a multi-drugresistant cancer. Multidrug resistance (MDR) is the mechanism by whichmany cancers develop resistance to chemotherapy drugs, resulting inminimal cell death and the expansion of drug-resistant tumors. MDRcancers may involve one or more resistance mechanisms including but notlimited to e.g., increased expression of efflux pumps, decreasedabsorption of drug, inhibition of cell death or apoptosis, modulatingdrug metabolism, and the like. In some instances, the methods of thepresent disclosure may prevent, reverse or circumvent MDR.

In some instances, methods of the present disclosure may includetreating a subject having a cancer that is resistant to a first agentwith an effective amount of a subject antibody described herein incombination with a second agent that is different from the first agent.For example, in some instances, cancer of a subject may be resistant toa first chemotherapeutic and the subject may be treated by administeringan effective amount of a subject antibody as described herein incombination with a second chemotherapeutic that is different from thefirst. Various combinations of first and second chemotherapeutics may beemployed depending on e.g., the type of cancer to be treated, thelikelihood of developing resistance, etc.

Numerous cancers are known to develop drug resistance. For this andother reasons the methods of the present disclosure may find use intreating various cancers including but not limited to, e.g., AcuteLymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML),Adrenocortical Carcinoma, AIDS-Related Cancers (e.g., Kaposi Sarcoma,Lymphoma, etc.). Anal Cancer, Appendix Cancer, Astrocytomas, AtypicalTeratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor, Basal Cell Carcinoma. Bile Duct Cancer(Extrahepatic), Bladder Cancer, Bone Cancer (e.g., Ewing Sarcoma,Osteosarcoma and Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma, etc.), Brain StemGlioma, Brain Tumors (e.g., Astrocytomas, Central Nervous SystemEmbryonal Tumors, Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumors,Craniopharyngioma, Ependymoma, etc.), Breast Cancer (e.g., female breastcancer, male breast cancer, childhood breast cancer, etc.), BronchialTumors, Burkitt Lymphoma, Carcinoid Tumor (e.g., Childhood,Gastrointestinal, etc.), Carcinoma of Unknown Primary, Cardiac (Heart)Tumors, Central Nervous System (e.g., Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor,Embryonal Tumors, Germ Cell Tumor, Lymphoma, etc.), Cervical Cancer,Childhood Cancers, Chordoma, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL), ChronicMyelogenous Leukemia (CML), Chronic Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, ColonCancer, Colorectal Cancer, Craniopharyngioma, Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma,Duct (e.g., Bile Duct, Extrahepatic, etc.). Ductal Carcinoma In Situ(DCIS), Embryonal Tumors, Endometrial Cancer, Ependymoma, EsophagealCancer, Esthesioneuroblastoma, Ewing Sarcoma, Extracranial Germ CellTumor, Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor, Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer, EyeCancer (e.g., Intraocular Melanoma. Retinoblastoma, etc.), FibrousHistiocytoma of Bone (e.g., Malignant, Osteosarcoma, ect.), GallbladderCancer, Gastric (Stomach) Cancer, Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumor.Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST), Germ Cell Tumor (e.g.,Extracranial, Extragonadal, Ovarian, Testicular, etc.), GestationalTrophoblastic Disease, Glioma, Hairy Cell Leukemia, Head and NeckCancer, Heart Cancer, Hepatocellular (Liver) Cancer, Histiocytosis(e.g., Langerhans Cell, etc.), Hodgkin Lymphoma, Hypopharyngeal Cancer,intraocular Melanoma, Islet Cell Tumors (e.g., Pancreatic NeuroendocrineTumors, etc.), Kaposi Sarcoma, Kidney Cancer (e.g., Renal Cell, WilmsTumor, Childhood Kidney Tumors, etc.), Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis,Laryngeal Cancer, Leukemia (e.g., Acute Lymphoblastic (ALL), AcuteMyeloid (AML). Chronic Lymphocytic (CLL), Chronic Myelogenous (CML),Hairy Cell, etc.), Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer, Liver Cancer (Primary),Lobular Carcinoma In Situ (LCIS), Lung Cancer (e.g., Non-Small Cell,Small Cell, etc.), Lymphoma (e.g., AIDS-Related, Burkitt, CutaneousT-Cell, Hodgkin, Non-Hodgkin, Primary Central Nervous System (CNS),etc.), Macroglobulinemia (e.g., Waldenström, etc.), Male Breast Cancer,Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of Bone and Osteosarcoma, Melanoma,Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Mesothelioma, Metastatic Squamous Neck Cancerwith Occult Primary, Midline Tract Carcinoma Involving NUT Gene, MouthCancer, Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes, Multiple Myeloma/PlasmaCell Neoplasm, Mycosis Fungoides, Myelodysplastic Syndromes,Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, Myelogenous Leukemia(e.g., Chronic (CML), etc.), Myeloid Leukemia (e.g., Acute (AML), etc.),Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (e.g., Chronic, etc.). Nasal Cavity andParanasal Sinus Cancer. Nasopharyngeal Cancer, Neuroblastoma,Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Oral Cancer, OralCavity Cancer (e.g., Lip, etc.), Oropharyngeal Cancer, Osteosarcoma andMalignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of Bone, Ovarian Cancer (e.g.,Epithelial, Germ Cell Tumor, Low Malignant Potential Tumor, etc.),Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors (Islet Cell Tumors),Papillomatosis, Paraganglioma, Paranasal Sinus and Nasal Cavity Cancer,Parathyroid Cancer, Penile Cancer. Pharyngeal Cancer, Pheochromocytoma,Pituitary Tumor. Pleuropulmonary Blastoma, Primary Central NervousSystem (CNS) Lymphoma, Prostate Cancer, Rectal Cancer, Renal Cell(Kidney) Cancer, Renal Pelvis and Ureter, Transitional Cell Cancer,Retinoblastoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma, Salivary Gland Cancer, Sarcoma (e.g.,Ewing. Kaposi, Osteosarcoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma, Soft Tissue, Uterine,etc.). Sézary Syndrome. Skin Cancer (e.g., Childhood, Melanoma, MerkelCell Carcinoma, Nonmelanoma, etc.), Small Cell Lung Cancer, SmallIntestine Cancer, Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Squamous Cell Carcinoma, SquamousNeck Cancer (e.g., with Occult Primary, Metastatic, etc.), Stomach(Gastric) Cancer, T-Cell Lymphoma, Testicular Cancer, Throat Cancer,Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma, Thyroid Cancer, Transitional Cell Cancerof the Renal Pelvis and Ureter, Ureter and Renal Pelvis Cancer, UrethralCancer, Uterine Cancer (e.g., Endometrial, etc.), Uterine Sarcoma,Vaginal Cancer. Vulvar Cancer, Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia, WilmsTumor, and the like.

The methods of treating described herein may, in some instances, beperformed in a subject that has previously undergone one or moreconventional treatments. For example, in the case of oncology, themethods described herein may, in some instances, be performed followinga conventional cancer therapy including but not limited to e.g.,conventional chemotherapy, conventional radiation therapy, conventionalimmunotherapy, surgery, etc. In some instances, the methods describedherein may be used when a subject has not responded to or is refractoryto a conventional therapy. In some instances, the methods describedherein may be used when a subject has responded to a conventionaltherapy.

In some instances, the method of the present disclosure may be employedto target, treat or clear a subject for minimal residual disease (MRD)remaining after a prior cancer therapy. Targeting, treating and/orclearance of MRD may be pursued using the instant methods whether theMRD is or has been determined to be refractory to the prior treatment ornot. In some instances, a method of the present disclosure may beemployed to target, treat and/or clear a subject of MRD following adetermination that the MRD is refractory to a prior treatment or one ormore available treatment options other than those employing the hereindescribed multi-specific antibodies.

In some instances, the instant methods may be employed prophylacticallyfor surveillance. For example, a subject in need thereof may beadministered a treatment involving one or more of the herein describedantibodies when the subject does not have detectable disease but is atrisk of developing a recurrent cancer, including e.g., a drug resistantcancer. In some instances, a prophylactic approach may be employed whena subject is at particularly high risk of developing a primary cancerthat would be predicted to be drug resistant or expected to become drugresistant. In some instances, a prophylactic approach may be employedwhen a subject has been previously treated for a cancer and is at riskof reoccurrence or development of drug resistance.

In some instances, methods of the present disclosure may involveanalyzing a cancer for expression of one or more markers or therapeutictargets. For example, in some instances, methods may involve analyzing asample of a cancer from a subject to determine whether the cancerexpresses ABCC1 above a predetermined threshold.

In some instances, whether a subject is treated with an antibody of thepresent disclosure may depend on the results of ABCC1 expressionassessment. For example, in some instances, if a cancer expresses ABCC1at or above a predetermined threshold then the subject may be treatedwith an anti-ABCC1 antibody of the present disclosure and if the cancerexpresses ABCC1 below the predetermined threshold then the subject maynot be treated with an anti-ABCC1 antibody of the present disclosure.

Any convenient assay may be employed for analyzing ABCC1 levels,including but not limited to e.g., flow cytometry, nucleic acid-basedassays (e.g., amplification, sequencing, etc.), cell cytometry,immunohistochemistry, and the like. Any convenient biological sample maybe employed, including but not limited to e.g., cancer biopsy samples,Useful predetermined thresholds for assessing expression of one or moremarkers and/or targets may be determined by any convenient andappropriate method, including comparison of the measured level ofexpression to a corresponding control. For example, in some instances, auseful predetermined threshold for the level of ABCC1 in a sample maycorrespond to a level of ABCC1 measured in a reference cell, such as ahealthy/normal cell.

Methods of Making

As summarized above, methods of the present disclosure also includemethods or making and/or identifying antibodies as described herein. Asubject antibody can be produced by any known method, e.g., conventionalsynthetic methods for protein synthesis: recombinant DNA methods; etc.

Where a subject antibody is a single chain polypeptide, it can besynthesized using standard chemical peptide synthesis techniques. Wherea polypeptide is chemically synthesized, the synthesis may proceed vialiquid-phase or solid-phase. Solid phase polypeptide synthesis (SPPS),in which the C-terminal amino acid of the sequence is attached to aninsoluble support followed by sequential addition of the remaining aminoacids in the sequence, is an example of a suitable method for thechemical synthesis of a subject antibody. Various forms of SPPS, such asFmoc and Boc, are available for synthesizing a subject antibody.

Standard recombinant methods can be used for production of a subjectantibody. For example, nucleic acids encoding light and heavy chainvariable regions, optionally linked to constant regions, are insertedinto expression vectors. The light and heavy chains can be cloned in thesame or different expression vectors. The DNA segments encodingimmunoglobulin chains are operably linked to control sequences in theexpression vector(s) that ensure the expression of immunoglobulinpolypeptides. Expression control sequences include, but are not limitedto, promoters (e.g., naturally-associated or heterologous promoters),signal sequences, enhancer elements, and transcription terminationsequences. The expression control sequences can be eukaryotic promotersystems in vectors capable of transforming or transfecting eukaryotichost cells (e.g., COS or CHO cells). Once the vector has beenincorporated into the appropriate host, the host is maintained underconditions suitable for high level expression of the nucleotidesequences, and the collection and purification of the antibodies.

Because of the degeneracy of the genetic code, a variety of nucleic acidsequences can encode each immunoglobulin amino acid sequence. Thedesired nucleic acid sequences can be produced by de novo solid-phaseDNA synthesis or by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) mutagenesis of anearlier prepared variant of the desired polynucleotide.Oligonucleotide-mediated mutagenesis is an example of a suitable methodfor preparing substitution, deletion and insertion variants of targetpolypeptide DNA. See Adelman et al., DNA 2:183 (1983). Briefly, thetarget polypeptide DNA is altered by hybridizing an oligonucleotideencoding the desired mutation to a single-stranded DNA template. Afterhybridization, a DNA polymerase is used to synthesize an entire secondcomplementary strand of the template that incorporates theoligonucleotide primer, and encodes the selected alteration in thetarget polypeptide DNA.

Suitable expression vectors are typically replicable in the hostorganisms either as episomes or as an integral part of the hostchromosomal DNA. Commonly, expression vectors contain selection markers(e.g., ampicillin-resistance, hygromycin-resistance, tetracyclineresistance, kanamycin resistance or neomycin resistance) to permitdetection of those cells transformed with the desired DNA sequences.

Escherichia coli is an example of a prokaryotic host cell that can beused for cloning a subject antibody-encoding polynucleotide. Othermicrobial hosts suitable for use include bacilli, such as Bacillussubtilis, and other enterobacteriaceae, such as Salmonella, Serratia,and various Pseudomonas species.

Other microbes, such as yeast, are also useful for expression.Saccharomyces (e.g., S. cerevisae) and Pichia are examples of suitableyeast host cells, with suitable vectors having expression controlsequences (e.g., promoters), an origin of replication, terminationsequences and the like as desired. Typical promoters include3-phosphoglycerate kinase and other glycolytic enzymes. Inducible yeastpromoters include, among others, promoters from alcohol dehydrogenase,isocytochrome C, and enzymes responsible for maltose and galactoseutilization.

In addition to microorganisms, mammalian cells (e.g., mammalian cellsgrown in in vitro cell culture) can also be used to express and producethe polypeptides of the present invention (e.g., polynucleotidesencoding immunoglobulins or fragments thereof). See Winnacker, FromGenes to Clones, VCH Publishers, N.Y., N.Y. (1987). Suitable mammalianhost cells include CHO cell lines, various Cos cell lines, HeLa cells,HEK cells, myeloma cell lines, and transformed B-cells or hybridomas.Expression vectors for these cells can include expression controlsequences, such as an origin of replication, a promoter, and an enhancer(Queen et al., Immunol. Rev. 89:49 (1986)), and necessary processinginformation sites, such as ribosome binding sites, RNA splice sites,polyadenylation sites, and transcriptional terminator sequences.Examples of suitable expression control sequences are promoters derivedfrom immunoglobulin genes. SV40, adenovirus, bovine papilloma virus,cytomegalovirus and the like. See Co at al., J. Immunol. 148:1149(1992).

Once synthesized (either chemically or recombinantly), the wholeantibodies, their dimers, individual light and heavy chains, or otherforms of a subject antibody (e.g., scFv, etc.) can be purified accordingto standard procedures of the art, including ammonium sulfateprecipitation, affinity columns, column chromatography, high performanceliquid chromatography (HPLC) purification, gel electrophoresis, and thelike (see generally Scopes, Protein Purification (Springer-Verlag, N.Y.,(1982)). A subject antibody can be substantially pure, e.g., at leastabout 80% to 85% pure, at least about 85% to 90% pure, at least about90% to 95% pure, or 98% to 99%, or more, pure, e.g., free fromcontaminants such as cell debris, macromolecules other than a subjectantibody, etc.

Kits

Aspects of the present disclosure also include kits. The kits mayinclude, e.g., any combination of the antibodies, reagents,compositions, formulations, cells, nucleic acids, expression vectors, orthe like, described herein. A subject kit can include one or more of: asubject antibody, a nucleic acid encoding the same, or a cell comprisinga subject nucleic acid. Kits may be configured for various purposes,including e.g., treatment kits (e.g., where a kit may include ananti-ABCC1 antibody and e.g., one or more additional active agents, suchas a chemotherapeutic), kits for producing antibodies, kits forscreening antibodies, and the like.

Optional components of the kit will vary and may, e.g., include: abuffer; a protease inhibitor; etc. Where a subject kit comprises asubject nucleic acid, the nucleic acid may also have restrictions sites,multiple cloning sites, primer sites, etc. The various components of thekit may be present in separate containers or certain compatiblecomponents may be pre-combined into a single container, as desired.

In addition to above-mentioned components, a subject kit can includeinstructions for using the components of the kit to practice a subjectmethod. The instructions for practicing a subject method are generallyrecorded on a suitable recording medium. For example, the instructionsmay be printed on a substrate, such as paper or plastic, etc. As such,the instructions may be present in the kits as a package insert, in thelabeling of the container of the kit or components thereof (i.e.,associated with the packaging or subpackaging) etc. In otherembodiments, the instructions are present as an electronic storage datafile present on a suitable computer readable storage medium, e.g.compact disc-read only memory (CD-ROM), digital versatile disk (DVD),diskette, etc. In yet other embodiments, the actual instructions are notpresent in the kit, but means for obtaining the instructions from aremote source. e.g. via the internet, are provided. An example of thisembodiment is a kit that includes a web address where the instructionscan be viewed and/or from which the instructions can be downloaded. Aswith the instructions, this means for obtaining the instructions isrecorded on a suitable substrate.

EXAMPLES

The following examples are put forth so as to provide those of ordinaryskill in the art with a complete disclosure and description of how tomake and use the present invention, and are not intended to limit thescope of what the inventors regard as their invention nor are theyintended to represent that the experiments below are all or the onlyexperiments performed. Efforts have been made to ensure accuracy withrespect to numbers used (e.g. amounts, temperature, etc.) but someexperimental errors and deviations should be accounted for. Unlessindicated otherwise, parts are parts by weight, molecular weight isweight average molecular weight, temperature is in degrees Centigrade,and pressure is at or near atmospheric.

General methods in molecular and cellular biochemistry can be found insuch standard textbooks as Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 3rdEd. (Sambrook et al., HaRBor Laboratory Press 2001); Short Protocols inMolecular Biology, 4th Ed. (Ausubel et al. eds., John Wiley & Sons1999); Protein Methods (Bollag et al., John Wiley & Sons 1996); NonviralVectors for Gene Therapy (Wagner et al. eds., Academic Press 1999);Viral Vectors (Kaplift & Loewy eds., Academic Press 1995); ImmunologyMethods Manual (I. Lefkovits ed., Academic Press 1997); and Cell andTissue Culture: Laboratory Procedures in Biotechnology (Doyle &Griffiths, John Wiley & Sons 1998), the disclosures of which areincorporated herein by reference. Reagents, cloning vectors, cells, andkits for methods referred to in, or related to, this disclosure areavailable from commercial vendors such as BioRad, Agilent Technologies,Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Sigma-Aldrich, New England Biolabs (NEB), Takara Bio USA, Inc., and thelike, as well as repositories such as e.g., Addgene. Inc., American TypeCulture Collection (ATCC), and the like.

Example 1: Generation of Antibodies that Bind Specifically to CellsExpressing ABCC1

Materials and Methods

Antibody Generation

Wild type (WT) human and cynolomgus ABCC1, full length and truncatedversions, were used to immunize mice or rats. Spleen and lymph nodecells from the vaccinated animals were fused with SP2/0 myeloma cells(hybridoma technology). Hybridoma supernatants were screened for thepresence of anti-ABCC1 antibodies by flow cytometry. CDRs from selectedmurine IgGs were cloned into mammalian IgG1 backbone expression vectorsfor full-length IgG1 antibody expression and production in HEK 293 hostcells via transfection using standard protocols and as described below.

Expression Vectors

For the generation of the antibody expression vectors, the variableregions of heavy and light chain DNA sequences were subcloned in framewith either the human IgG1 constant heavy chain or the human IgG1 kappaconstant light chain pre-inserted into the respective generic recipientexpression vectors optimized for expression in mammalian cell lines. Thegenes to be expressed were cloned into the pCI-neo Mammalian ExpressionVector (Promega) that uses the full-length human cytomegalovirus (CMV)immediate-early promoter for high level gene expression. The twoantibody chains were cloned into two different vectors.

The N-terminal signal sequences from mouse IgG heavy chain and kappalight chain were used for the secreted expression of the heavy and lightchain, respectively. The signal peptide was cleaved during expression,leaving intact N-terminus. In the Fab constructs, the C-terminus of theCH1 IgG1 constant region was fused with a 6× His tag for purification.

Production of mAb

Antibody constructs were expressed using polymer-based co-transfectionof Expi293 cells (A14527, ThermoFisher) cells growing in suspension withthe mammalian expression vectors following the manufacturer'srecommendations.

About six days after transfection the cells were harvested bycentrifugation. In detail, 1 ug of total encoding DNA per 1 ml oftransfected culture was diluted into of Opti-MEMO medium (LifeTechnologies), and incubated with Expifectamine reagent (LifeTechnologies) in the same medium for 20 min. The mixture was then addedinto the Expi293® cells growing in suspension in Expi293® Expressionmedium (Life Technologies) at 2.5 million cells/mi at 37° C. with andoverlay of 8% of C02 in air. After 6 days, the medium containing theantibody construct was harvested by centrifugation.

Purification of mAbs

To purify antibody formats containing the human Fc, 10 μl of MabSelect™SuRe™ (GE Healthcare) per 1 ml of supernatant were added to theharvested medium and kept stirring at 4° C. overnight. The next day, theprotein A resin was applied in a 24 well filter plate using a vacuummanifold unit (Pall Lifesciences, USA). The resin was washed with PBSand the antibody eluted in 50 mM phosphate pH 3 and neutralized with10×PBS pH 13.

Analytical Test for mAbs (GXII Reduced and Non-Reduced)

Purity and monomer content of the final protein preparation wasdetermined by high-throughput analysis on the Caliper's LabChip GXIIusing Protein Express LabChip Kit (Perkin-Elmer) as described by themanufacturer. The chip was automatically primed on the instrument withpolymer solution containing 0.2% SDS and fluorescent staining dye. Thedestain channels were filled with polymer solution free of SDS and dye.Briefly, proteins in reducing and not reducing conditions were preparedby mixing a small volume (2-5 μL) of sample with the caliper samplebuffer with or without DDT. The samples were denatured at 75° C. for 5minutes, centrifuged at 2000 g for 3 minutes, and then run.Electropherograms were generated by LabChip GXII Touch software (PerkinElmer).

Analytical Test for mAbs (HPLC)

Purity and monomer content of the final protein preparation wasdetermined by high-throughput analysis on HPLC. Size exclusionchromatography (SEC) was performed using an Advancebio SEC 300A 4.6×300mm, 2.7 um (p/n PL1580-5301) (Agilent Technologies) on an Infinity 1260Agilent HPLC system. Injections were made under isocratic elutionconditions using a mobile phase of PBS, 400 mM sodium chloride, pH 7.4,and detected with absorbance at 280 nm. Quantification is based on therelative area of detected peaks.

A subject antibody can be substantially pure, e.g., at least about 80%to 85% pure, at least about 85% to 90% pure, at least about 90% to 95%pure, or 98% to 99%, or more, pure, e.g., free from contaminants such ascell debris, macromolecules other than a subject antibody, etc.

Monoclonal Antibody Titration Binding to KPC1

Binding titration of recombinant antibodies to KPC1 transfectants wasperformed by serial dilution of antibodies from about 666 nM, Dilutedantibody in flow cytometry buffer was incubated with cells on ice for 30min. After 2 washes with flow cytometry buffer, bound antibody wasdetected with PE-labeled F(ab′)₂ fragment goat anti-human IgG (JacksonImmunoResearch) diluted 1:200 in flow cytometry buffer and incubatedwith cells for 20 min on ice. After 2 washes with flow cytometry bufferfluorescence was measured on an Attune NxT flow cytometer. Data wereanalyzed with GraphPad Prism 8.0 software to determine EC50's.

Cell Binding Assays.

Antibody binding to cells was evaluated by flow cytometry. 293T cellsstably transfected to express human or cynomolgus ABCC1 were washed oncein flow cytometry buffer (PBS+2% FBS+0.02% sodium azide), resuspended at2×10{circumflex over ( )}6 cells/mL in flow cytometry buffer, anddispensed into 96-well microtiter plates at 0.1 mL/well. Recombinantantibodies were added to cells at 5 ug/mL for initial bindingconfirmation, or serially diluted from 100 ug/mL in flow cytometrybuffer. After incubating cells on ice for 30 min, cells were washedtwice with flow cytometry buffer. Bound antibody was detected withPE-labeled F(ab′)₂ fragment goat anti-human IgG (Jackson ImmunoResearch)and evaluated on an Attune NxT flow cytometer. EC50 is calculated to bethe concentration of antibody that gives half maximal response.

ABCC1 Effux Assay.

HEK 293T cells expressing human ABCC1 were washed several times andaliquoted into 96-well plates as 50 μl aliquots/well at a cell densityof 1×10⁶ cells per ml in phenol red-free DMEM. Cells were mixed with 50μl antibodies and incubated for 1.5 h at 37° C. The cells were thenwashed twice and finally resuspended in 200 ml PBS. Calcein AMfluorescence was measured by flow cytometry.

Cytotoxicity Assay

The effect of anti-ABCC1 antibodies on vincristine cytotoxicity wasevaluated on 293T cells stably transfected to express ABCC1. Cells wereplated in 0.05 mL of Assay Media (DMEM+10% FBS) at 5000 cells/well inwhite, flat bottom 96-well tissue culture plates. Vincristine wasprepared at 2× final assay concentration by serial dilution from 200 uMin assay media containing test antibodies or control antibodies at 100ug/mL (2× final concentration). An equivalent volume (0.05 mL) of thevicristine/antibody mixture was added to the 293T_ABCC1 cells in 96-wellplates. The plates were then incubated at 37° C. in 5% CO₂. After about72-96 hr plates were equilibrated to room temperature and cell viabilityassessed using Promega® CellTiter-Glo® Luminescent Cell Viability Assayaccording to the manufacturer's recommended protocol. Luminescence wasmeasured on a Molecular Devices® FlexStation® 3 Multi-Mode MicroplateReader and data analyzed using GraphPad Prism 8.0 software. Half maximalinhibitory concentration (IC50) is the concentration of drug(vuncristine or other chemotherapy cytotoxic agent) where the response(cell growth) is reduced by 50%.

CT26 Syngeneic Xenograft Mouse Model.

Syngeneic models are allografts immortalized from mouse cancer celllines, which are then grafted back into the same inbred immunocompetentmouse strain. CT26 is an N-nitroso-N-methylurethane-(NNMU) inducedundifferentiated fibroblastic colon carcinoma cell line established fromBALB/c mice with aggressive colon carcinoma. C26 cells were purchasedfrom ATCC® (CRL-2638™) and maintained in RPMI-1640 medium supplementedwith 10% FBS and 1% penicillin, 1% streptomycin at 37° C., 5% CO₂. Celllines used were authentic and confirmed to be mycoplasma negative. Thecells are adherent with a fibroblast morphology and will form tumors andmetastases post implantation into syngeneic BALB/c mice orimmunocompromised mice.

1×10⁶ cells diluted inPBS:Matrigel (1:1) were subcutaneously implantedusing a 27G insulin syringe into anesthetized 54-week old female Balb/cmice under aseptic conditions. All animal maintenance, handling,surveillance, and animal procedures were performed in accordance with anapproval from the APLAC protocol.

Once tumors reached 100-150 mm³, mice were randomized into 6 groups offive mice each:

-   -   1. Control isotype 3 mg/kg,    -   2. Control isotype 3 mg/kg+Doxorubicin 2 mg/kg    -   3. KNJY C1-831 3 mg/kg    -   4. KNJY C1-831 3 mg/kg+Doxorubicin    -   5. KNJY C1-787A 3 mg/kg    -   6. KNJY C1-787A 3 mg/kg+Doxorubicin 2 mg/kg.

Doxorubicin is soluble in water. All test articles were dosedintraperitoneally twice a week for two consecutive weeks. Antibodieswere dosed 4 hr prior to Doxorubicin.

Tumors were measured three times a week using a calibrated VernierCaliper and tumor volume calculated as per the formula ½*L*S*S, where Lis the long axis and S is the short axis of the tumor. Body weights wererecorded before treatment started and were continuously monitoredthroughout the study. Animals were euthanized when turning moribundaccording to the above-mentioned predefined criteria rapid weight loss,loss of ability to ambulate, labored respiration, or inability to drinkor feed to avoid animal suffering.

Results

Table 3 lists the following characteristics of the anti-ABCC1antibodies: binding to 293T cells stably transfected to express humanABCC1 measured by FACS and binding to 293T cells stably transfected toexpress cynomolgus ABCC1 measured by FACS.

Binding Cynomolgus Antibody by FACS ABCC1 binding C1.309 + + C1.310 + +C1.499 + + C1.505 + +/− C1.773 + + C1.773a + + C1.777a + + C1.778b + +C1.784a + + C1.786a + + C1.787a + +

FIG. 1 depicts the results of titration binding of ten anti-ABCC1monoclonal antibodies to the doxorubicin-resistant lung carcinoma cellline H69AR (ATCC® CRL-11351™) that endogenously expresses ABCC1 in theflow cytometry (FACS) assay described above. All antibodies tested showsignificant (>10-folds of background fluorescence mean intensity (FMI))binding to the H89AR cells.

FIGS. 2A-28 depict the results of titration binding of the indicatedanti-ABCC1 monoclonal antibodies to human and cynomolgusABCC1-overexpressing rat C6 glioma cell lines in the FACS assaydescribed above. All antibodies tested show significant binding to bothC6 cells overexpressing human ABCC1 and C6 cells overexpressingcynomolgus ABCC1.

FIGS. 3A-3C, 4, 5A-5B, and 6A-6B show the results of titration bindingof further anti-ABCC1 monoclonal antibodies to human and cynomolgusABCC1-overexpressing rat C6 glioma cell lines in the FACS assaydescribed above. “2^(nd) Ab only” refers to a not primary antibody usedas negative control. All anti-ABCC1 antibodies tested show significantbinding, relative to negative control, to both C6 cells overexpressinghuman ABCC1 and C6 cells overexpressing cynomolgus ABCC1.

FIGS. 7A-7B show the results of ABCC1 efflux assay performed usingHEK293T cells expressing human ABCC1. All anti-ABCC1 antibodies testedsignificantly inhibit the efflux function of the ABCC1 transporter.

FIGS. 8A-8C present titration binding and efflux assay characterizationof humanized anti-ABCC1 monoclonal antibodies. Humanized anti-ABCC1antibodies C1.831.hu11, C1.861.hu11, C1.861.hu21, and C1.844.hu21 bindboth human and cynomolgus ABCC1 in the titration binding assay andsignificantly inhibit the efflux function of the ABCC1 transporter inthe efflux assay.

FIGS. 9A-9C show the binding of humanized variants of the anti-ABCC1monoclonal antibodies C1.831, C1.861 and C1.844 to human and cynomolgusABCC1 overexpressing rat C6 glioma cell lines. All humanized antibodiesretain the ability to bind both human and cynomolgus ABCC1.

FIGS. 10A-10B show the binding of humanized anti-ABCC1 antibodiesC1.851.12, C1.851.14 and C1.851.15 to human and cynomolgus ABCC1overexpressing rat C6 glioma cell lines. All three antibodies retain theability to bind both human and cynomolgus ABCC1.

FIGS. 11A-11C present the binding of four humanized ABCC1/KT9 bispecificantibodies to human and cynomolgus C6 cell lines, overexpressing ABCC1and KT9, respectively. The schematic bispecific antibody structure isalso shown. KT9 stands for atezolizumab, an anti-PD-L1 monoclonalantibody. The bispecific antibodies include the heavy and light chainsfrom the indicated ABCC1 antibodies and a scFv region formed from theKT9 antibody. All bispecific antibodies tested bind both C6 cellsoverexpressing ABCC1 and C6 cells overexpressing KT9.

FIGS. 12A-12C present the binding of four humanized C1/KT1 bispecificantibodies to 293T cells expressing human ABCC1 and 293T cellsexpressing human or cynomolgus KT1, respectively. KT1 stands fortrastuzumab, an anti-ErbB2 (anti-HER2) monoclonal antibody. Thebispecific antibodies include the heavy and light chains from theindicated anti-ABCC1 antibodies and a scFv region formed from the KT1antibody. The bispecific antibodies tested bind both 293T cellsexpressing human KT1 and 293T expressing cynomolgus KT1, and retain theability to bind 293T cells expressing human ABCC1.

FIGS. 13A-13B, 14A-14B, and 15 show the effect of the tested anti-ABCC1monoclonal antibodies on vincristine cytotoxicity in the 293Tcytotoxicity assay. The tested anti-ABCC1 antibodies increase thecytotoxicity of vincristine in this assay. MK571 is a commerciallyavailable small molecule inhibitor of ABCC1-mediated transport.

FIG. 16 shows that the three anti-ABCC1 monoclonal antibodies testedinhibit tumor growth in vivo in the H69AR cytotoxicity assay. The assayevaluates the effect of the tested antibodies on vincristinecytotoxicity on the H69AR cell line, which is an Adriamycin-selected,C1-positive variant of the human small cell lung cancer cell line,NCI-H69.

FIG. 17 shows that anti-ABCC1 monoclonal antibodies C1-831 and C1-737Ainhibit tumor growth in vivo in the CT26 syngeneic mouse tumor model.

Although the foregoing invention has been described in some detail byway of illustration and example for purposes of clarity ofunderstanding, it is readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in theart in light of the teachings of this invention that certain changes andmodifications may be made thereto without departing from the spirit orscope of the appended claims.

Accordingly, the preceding merely illustrates the principles of theinvention. It will be appreciated that those skilled in the art will beable to devise various arrangements which, although not explicitlydescribed or shown herein, embody the principles of the invention andare included within its spirit and scope. Furthermore, all examples andconditional language recited herein are principally intended to aid thereader in understanding the principles of the invention and the conceptscontributed by the inventors to furthering the art, and are to beconstrued as being without limitation to such specifically recitedexamples and conditions. Moreover, all statements herein recitingprinciples, aspects, and embodiments of the invention as well asspecific examples thereof, are intended to encompass both structural andfunctional equivalents thereof. Additionally, it is intended that suchequivalents include both currently known equivalents and equivalentsdeveloped in the future, i.e., any elements developed that perform thesame function, regardless of structure. Moreover, nothing disclosedherein is intended to be dedicated to the public regardless of whethersuch disclosure is explicitly recited in the claims.

The scope of the present invention, therefore, is not intended to belimited to the exemplary embodiments shown and described herein. Rather,the scope and spirit of present invention is embodied by the appendedclaims. In the claims, 35 U.S.C. § 112(f) or 35 U.S.C. § 112(6) isexpressly defined as being invoked for a limitation in the claim onlywhen the exact phrase “means for” or the exact phrase “step for” isrecited at the beginning of such limitation in the claim: if such exactphrase is not used in a limitation in the claim, then 35 U.S.C. § 112(f) or 35 U.S.C. § 112(6) is not invoked.

What is claimed is:
 1. An antibody that specifically binds to ATPBinding Cassette Subfamily C Member 1 (ABCC1) on surface of a mammaliancell, wherein the antibody competes for binding to ABCC1 with anantibody comprising: heavy chain complementarity determining regions 1-3(HCDRs 1-3) and light chain CDRs 1-3 (LCDRs 1-3) of a pair of variableheavy chain (VH) region and variable light chain (VL) region of anantibody listed in Table
 2. 2. The antibody according to claim 1,wherein the antibody comprises HCDRs 1-3 of the VH region of theantibody listed in Table
 2. 3. The antibody according to claim 2,wherein the antibody comprises LCDRs 1-3 of the VL region of theantibody listed in Table
 2. 4. The antibody of claim 1, antibodycomprising: heavy chain complementarity determining regions (HCDRs) andlight chain CDRs (LCDRs) of a pair of variable heavy chain (VH) regionand variable light chain (VL) region of an antibody listed in Table 2.5. An antibody molecule that specifically binds to ATP Binding CassetteSubfamily C Member 1 (ABCC1) on surface of a mammalian cell.
 6. Theantibody molecule according to claim 5, wherein the antibody comprises:(a) a variable heavy chain (VH) region comprising heavy chaincomplementarity determining regions 1-3 (HCDRs 1-3) of a VH region of anantibody listed in Table 2; (b) a variable light chain (VL) regioncomprising light chain CDRs 1-3 (LCDRs 1-3) of a VL region of anantibody listed in Table 2; (c) a VH region comprising HCDRs 1-3 of a VHregion of an antibody listed in Table 2 and a VL region comprising LCDRs1-3 of a VL region of an antibody listed in Table 2; or (d) a VH regioncomprising HCDRs 1-3 of a VH region of an antibody listed in Table 2 anda VL region comprising LCDRs 1-3 of a VL region of the antibody.
 7. Theantibody molecule according to claim 6, wherein the antibody comprisesHCDRs 1-3 and LCDRs 1-3 of a pair of VH region and VL region of anantibody listed in Table
 2. 8. The antibody according to claim 6,wherein the antibody comprises the HCDRs 1-3 of the VH region of a firstantibody listed in Table
 2. 9. The antibody molecule according to claim8, wherein the antibody comprises the LCDRS 1-3 of the VL region of asecond antibody in Table
 2. 10. The antibody molecule according to claim6, wherein the antibody molecule comprises the variable light (VL) chainand/or the variable heavy (VH) chain of an antibody listed in Table 2.11. The antibody molecule according to claim 5, wherein the antibodycomprises: i. a variable heavy chain (VH) region comprising heavy chaincomplementarity determining regions 1-3 (HCDRs 1-3) of the VH region ofthe C1.831.hu41 antibody, the C1.831.hu11 antibody, the C1.844.hu21antibody, the C1.851.hu15 antibody, the C1.851.hu12 antibody, or theC1.861.hu11 antibody listed in Table 2; ii. a variable light chain (VL)region comprising light chain CDRs 1-3 (LCDRs 1-3) of the VL region ofthe C1.831.hu41 antibody, the C1.831.hu11 antibody, the C1.844.hu21antibody, the C1.851.hu15 antibody, the C1.851.hu12 antibody, or theC1.861.hu11 antibody listed in Table 2; iii. a VH region comprisingHCDRs 1-3 of the VH region of the C1.831.hu41 antibody, the C1.831.hu11antibody, the C1.844.hu21 antibody, the C1.851.hu15 antibody, theC1.851.hu12 antibody, or the C1.861.hu11 antibody listed in Table 2 anda VL region comprising LCDRs 1-3 of a VL region of the C1.831.hu41antibody, the C1.831.hu11 antibody, the C1.844.hu21 antibody, theC1.851.hu15 antibody, the C1.851.hu12 antibody, or the C1.861.hu11antibody listed in Table 2; iv. a VH region comprising HCDRs 1-3 and aVL region comprising LCDRs 1-3 of the VH region and the VL region,respectively, of the C1.831.hu41 antibody, the C1.831.hu11 antibody, theC1.844.hu21 antibody, the C1.851.hu15 antibody, the C1.851.hu12antibody, or the C1.861.hu11 antibody listed in Table 2; or v. the VHregion and the VL region of the C1.831.hu41 antibody, the C1.831.hu11antibody, the C1.844.hu21 antibody, the C1.851.hu15 antibody, theC1.851.hu12 antibody, or the C1.861.hu11 antibody listed in Table
 2. 12.The antibody molecule according to claim 5, wherein the antibodycomprises: i. a VH region comprising HCDRs 1-3 of the VH region of theC1.830B.hu11 antibody, the C1.851.hu11 antibody, the C1.851.hu13antibody, the C1.787a.hu11 antibody, the C1.844.hu11 antibody, theC1.861.hu21 antibody, the C1,861.hu41 antibody, the C1.861.hu61antibody, or the C1.851.hu14 antibody listed in Table 2; ii. a VL regioncomprising LCDRs 1-3 of the VL region of the C1.830B.hu11 antibody, theC1.851.hu11 antibody, the C1.851.hu13 antibody, the C1.787a.hu11antibody, the C1.844.hu11 antibody, the C1.861.hu21 antibody, theC1.861.hu41 antibody, the C1.861.hu61 antibody, or the C1.851.hu14antibody listed in Table 2; iii. a VH region comprising HCDRs 1-3 of theVH region of the C1.830B.hu11 antibody, the C1.851.hu11 antibody, theC1.851.hu13 antibody, the C1.787a.hu11 antibody, the C1.844.hu11antibody, the C1.861.hu21 antibody, the C1.861.hu41 antibody, theC1.861.hu61 antibody, or the C1.851.hu14 antibody listed in Table 2 anda VL region comprising LCDRs 1-3 of a VL region of the C1.830B.hu11antibody, the C1.851.hu11 antibody, the C1.851.hu13 antibody, theC1.787a.hu11 antibody, the C1.844.hu11 antibody, the C1.881.hu21antibody, the C1.861.hu41 antibody, the C1.881.hu61 antibody, or theC1.851.hu14 antibody listed in Table 2; iv. a VH region comprising HCDRs1-3 and a VL region comprising LCDRs 1-3 of the VH region and the VLregion, respectively, of the C1.830B.hu11 antibody, the C1.851.hu11antibody, the C1.851.hu13 antibody, the C1.787a.hu11 antibody, theC1.844.hu11 antibody, the C1.861.hu21 antibody, the C1.861.hu41antibody, the C1.861.hu61 antibody, or the C1.851.hu14 antibody listedin Table 2; or v. the VH region and the VL region of the C1.830B.hu11antibody, the C1.851.hu11 antibody, the C1.851.hu13 antibody, theC1.787a.hu11 antibody, the C1.844.hu11 antibody, the C1.861.hu21antibody, the C1.861.hu41 antibody, the C1.861.hu61 antibody, or theC1.851.hu14 antibody listed in Table
 2. 13. The antibody moleculeaccording to claim 5, wherein the antibody comprises: i. a VH regioncomprising HCDRs 1-3 of the VH region of the C1.773 antibody, theC1.773a antibody, the C1.777a antibody, the C1.784a antibody, theC1.786a antibody, the C1.787a antibody, the C1.827 antibody, the C1.830Bantibody, the C1.831 antibody, the C1.835 antibody, the C1.841 antibody,the C1.844 antibody, the C1.845 antibody, the C1.847 antibody, theC1.851 antibody, the C1.855 antibody, the C1.861 antibody, the C1.863antibody, the C1.876 antibody, the C1.877 antibody, or the C1.879Aantibody listed in Table 2; ii. a VL region comprising LCDRs 1-3 of theVL region of the C1.773 antibody, the C1.773a antibody, the C1.777aantibody, the C1.784a antibody, the C1.786a antibody, the C1.787aantibody, the C1.827 antibody, the C1.830B antibody, the C1.831antibody, the C1.835 antibody, the C1.841 antibody, the C1.844 antibody,the C1.845 antibody, the C1.847 antibody, the C1.851 antibody, theC1.855 antibody, the C1.861 antibody, the C1.863 antibody, the C1.876antibody, the C1.877 antibody, or the C1.879A antibody listed in Table2; iii. a VH region comprising HCDRs 1-3 of the VH region of the C1.773antibody, the C1.773a antibody, the C1.777a antibody, the C1.784aantibody, the C1.786a antibody, the C1.787a antibody, the C1.827antibody, the C1.830B antibody, the C1.831 antibody, the C1.835antibody, the C1.841 antibody, the C1.844 antibody, the C1.845 antibody,the C1.847 antibody, the C1.851 antibody, the C1.855 antibody, theC1.861 antibody, the C1.863 antibody, the C1.876 antibody, the C1.877antibody, or the C1.879A antibody listed in Table 2 and a VL regioncomprising LCDRs 1-3 of a VL region of the C1.773 antibody, the C1.773aantibody, the C1.777a antibody, the C1.784a antibody, the C1.786aantibody, the C1.787a antibody, the C1.827 antibody, the C1.8301antibody, the C1.831 antibody, the C1.835 antibody, the C1.841 antibody,the C1.844 antibody, the C1.845 antibody, the C1.847 antibody, theC1.851 antibody, the C1.855 antibody, the C1.861 antibody, the C1.863antibody, the C1.876 antibody, the C1.877 antibody, or the C1.879Aantibody listed in Table 2; iv. a VH region comprising HCDRs 1-3 and aVL region comprising LCDRs 1-3 of the VH region and the VL region,respectively, of the C1.773 antibody, the 773a antibody, the 777aantibody, the 784a antibody, the 786a antibody, the 787a antibody, theC1.827 antibody, the C1.830B antibody, the C1.831 antibody, the C1.835antibody, the C1.841 antibody, the C1.844 antibody, the C1.845 antibody,the C1.847 antibody, the C1.851 antibody, the C1.855 antibody, theC1.881 antibody, the C1.863 antibody, the C1.876 antibody, the C1.877antibody, or the C1.879A antibody listed in Table 2; or v. the VH regionand the VL region of the C1.773 antibody, the 773a antibody, the 777aantibody, the 784a antibody, the 786a antibody, the 787a antibody, theC1.827 antibody, the C1.830B antibody, the C1.831 antibody, the C1.835antibody, the C1.841 antibody, the C1.844 antibody, the C1.845 antibody,the C1.847 antibody, the C1.851 antibody, the C1.855 antibody, theC1.861 antibody, the C1.863 antibody, the C1.876 antibody, the C1.877antibody, or the C1.879A antibody listed in Table
 2. 14. The antibodymolecule according to any one of claims 11-13, wherein the antibodycomprises a human IgG Fc region.
 15. The antibody molecule according toany one of claims 11-13, wherein the antibody comprises a human IgG1 Fcregion.
 16. The antibody molecule according to any one of claims 11-13,wherein the antibody comprises a human IgG1 constant heavy and constantlight chain regions.
 17. The antibody molecule according to any of thepreceding claims, wherein the antibody, when bound to a cell expressingABCC1, inhibits efflux by the ABCC1.
 18. The antibody molecule accordingto any of the preceding claims, wherein the antibody comprises ahumanized light chain.
 19. The antibody molecule according to any one ofthe preceding claims, wherein the antibody comprises a humanized heavychain.
 20. The antibody molecule according to any one of the precedingclaims, wherein the antibody is selected from the group consisting of abispecific antibody, an Ig monomer, a Fab fragment, a F(ab′)₂ fragment,a Fd fragment, a scFv, a scAb, a dAb, and a Fv.
 21. The antibodymolecule according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein theantibody is a bispecific antibody comprising a VH region and a VL regionas set forth in any one of claims 1-20, and further comprises a secondVH region comprising HCDRs1-3 of an antibody that binds to a tumorassociated antigen (TAA).
 22. The antibody molecule according to claim21, wherein the antibody comprises a second VL region and wherein thesecond VH region and the second VL region bind to the TAA.
 23. Theantibody molecule according to claim 22, wherein the second VH regionand the second VL region are present in a single polypeptide.
 24. Theantibody molecule according to claim 22, wherein the second VH regionand the second VL region are present in a scFv.
 25. The antibodymolecule according to claim 21, wherein the antibody comprises a commonlight chain, wherein the common light chain comprises the VL region asset forth in any one of claims 1-20.
 26. The antibody molecule accordingto any one of claims 21-25, wherein the TAA is PD-L1.
 27. The antibodymolecule according to claim 26, wherein the antibody that binds to PD-L1is atezolizumab.
 28. The antibody molecule according to claim 27,wherein the bispecific antibody comprises: a VH region comprisingHCDRs1-3 and a VL region comprising LCDRs1-3 of the VH region and VLregion, respectively, of the C1.844 antibody or the C1.851 antibodylisted in Table 2 and a scFv comprising HCDRs1-3 and LCDRs1-3 ofatezolizumab.
 29. The antibody molecule according to claim 27, whereinthe bispecific antibody comprises: a VH region and a VL region of theC1.844hu21 antibody or the C1.851hu12 antibody listed in Table 2 and ascFv comprising HCDRs1-3 and LCDRs1-3 of atezolizumab.
 30. The antibodymolecule according to any one of claims 21-25, wherein the TAA ErbB2(HER2).
 31. The antibody molecule according to claim 30, wherein theantibody that binds to ErbB2 is trastuzumab.
 32. The antibody moleculeaccording to claim 31, wherein the bispecific antibody comprises: a VHregion comprising HCDRs1-3 and a VL region comprising LCDRs1-3 of the VHregion and VL region, respectively, of the C1.844 antibody, the C1.831antibody, or the C1.851 antibody listed in Table 2 and a scFv comprisingHCDRs1-3 and LCDRs1-3 of trastuzumab.
 33. The antibody moleculeaccording to claim 31, wherein the bispecific antibody comprises: a VHregion and a VL region of the C1.844hu21 antibody, the C1.831hu11antibody, or the C1.851hu12 antibody listed in Table 2 and a scFvcomprising HCDRs1-3 and LCDRs1-3 of trastuzurmab.
 34. The antibodymolecule according to any one of claims 1-33, wherein the antibodycomprises a VL region and a VH region that are present in separatepolypeptides.
 35. The antibody molecule according to any one of claims1-33, wherein the antibody comprises a VL region and a VH region thatare present in a single polypeptide.
 36. The antibody molecule accordingto any one of claims 1-35 for use in a method of treating cancer in asubject, the method comprising administering the antibody to thesubject.
 37. The antibody molecule for use according to claim 36,wherein the method comprising administering the antibody in combinationwith at least one additional active agent wherein the at least oneadditional active agent comprises a chemotherapeutic agent, an inhibitorof a multidrug resistance transporter, an immunotherapy agent, or acombination thereof.
 38. The antibody molecule for use according toclaim 37, wherein the at least one additional active agent is achemotherapeutic agent, optionally wherein the chemotherapeutic agent isa taxol, a vinca alkaloid, an anthracycline, Etoposide, Mitoxantrone, orMethotrexate.
 39. The antibody molecule for use according to claim36-38, wherein the subject being treated has a cancer which has beendetermined to be resistant to treatment with the chemotherapeutic agent.40. A pharmaceutical composition comprising: the antibody of any one ofthe preceding claims; and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. 41.The pharmaceutical composition according to claim 40, further comprisingan additional active agent.
 42. The pharmaceutical composition accordingto claim 41, wherein the additional active agent is chemotherapeuticagent.
 43. The pharmaceutical composition according to claim 41, whereinthe additional active agent comprises an inhibitor of a multidrugresistance transporter.
 44. The pharmaceutical composition according toclaim 41, wherein the additional active agent comprises an immunotherapyagent.
 45. One or more nucleic acids comprising one or more sequencesencoding the antibody molecule according to any of claims 1 to
 35. 46.One or more recombinant expression vectors comprising the one or morenucleic acids according to claim
 45. 47. A host cell geneticallymodified with the recombinant one or more recombinant expression vectorsaccording to claim
 48. 48. An immune effector cell comprising a chimericantigen receptor (CAR) comprising an ABCC1 binding domain, atransmembrane domain, and an intracellular signaling domain, and whereinthe ABCC1 binding domain comprises heavy chain complementaritydetermining regions 1-3 (HCDRs1-3) of a variable heavy chain (VH) regionof an antibody listed in Table 2 and/or light chain CDRs 1-3 (LCDRs 1-3)of a variable light chain (VL) region of an antibody listed in Table 2.49. A method of assaying expression of ABCC1 on cell surface of a cell,the method comprising contacting the cell with the antibody according toany of claims 1 to
 35. 50. The method of claim 49, wherein the antibodyis detectably labeled.
 51. A method of inhibiting efflux activity ofABCC1 expressed by a live cell, the method comprising contacting thecell with the antibody according to any of claims 1 to
 35. 52. Themethod of claim 51, further comprising contacting the cell with aninhibitor of ABCC1 mediated efflux.
 53. The method according to claim 51or 52, further comprising contacting the cells with a chemotherapyagent.
 54. The method according to any one of claims 51 to 53 whereinthe cell is a cancer cell.
 55. The method according to claim 54, whereinthe cancer cell is a multidrug resistant cancer cell.